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Whether you're Republican,
Democrat, Libertarian,
Independent, or prefer not to
declare your Party affiliation,
you deserve... to vote
free of intimidation, worship
free of government dictates, and chart your
economic destiny free of
political bias and government
oversight.
Click here
for Ronald Reagan's
opinion of government healthcare.
It's time we
stop the erosion of our
constitutional rights and
religious freedom.
Click here and join the
fight for religious
freedom.
Click
here
for a tool kit you can use to
keep Scott Walker leading us in
the right direction.
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It's time
taxpayers take a
stand
against those attempting
to recall Scott
Walker. According
to the Wisconsin
Legislative
Fiscal Bureau,
Scott Walker and
Act 10 in Door
County alone has
saved the
Gibraltar School
District
$269,900,
Sevastopol
$199,800,
Southern Door
$406,200, and
Sturgeon Bay
$1,172,000 while
no teachers have
lost their
jobs and those
electing to
retire early did
so with what
most in the
private
sector consider
a "golden
parachute."
No one can deny
we taxpayers
have emptied our
wallets to
support our
schools. In
2011, I wrote
Wisconsin
property tax
checks totaling
$22,088.30,
which included
$7,574.68 in
school taxes
plus another
$2,774.25 for
vocational
schools. That
means roughly
1/2 of my
property
taxes go to
support our
schools.
Remember, school
tax levies
increased on
average $162
million each of
the past five
years.
Now the "Recall
Walker"
Democrats are
asking taxpayers
to pick up
another unfunded
$750,000 bill
from the
Wisconsin
Government
Accountability
Board and in
Door County
alone an
estimated
unbudgeted
$20,000 to fund
the recall at
the county
level plus the
bills that will
be submitted by
our 14 towns, 4
villages, and
the City of
Sturgeon Bay.
And
then taxpayers
will have to
pick up an
estimated
$17,500
unfunded bill at
the county level
for the primary
and
another $17,500
unfunded bill
for the recall
election
plus the bills
submitted each
time by our 19
municipalities.
In case you've
lost count, the
Democrat driven
recall alone
will cost Door
County taxpayers
an estimated
$55,000 plus the
aggravations of
another
campaign.
Just think of
the jobs we
could create if
we’d use all
this wasted tax
revenue to “buy
local.” FYI:
it’s estimated
the recall at
the State level
will cost over
$9 million not
to mention
campaign
expenses for
both parties.
It's
time the
far left
stops
complaining that "Walker's
in the pocket of
the Koch
brothers." FYI:
The Koch
brothers own the
largest, most
successful job
creating,
privately
owned, companies
in the country
and have
given 88% of
their political
contributions
nationwide to Republicans,
10% to Democrats
and 2% to
Independents.
Why?
Because they
know Scott
Walker and the
Republicans are
on track to get
our economic
house in order
while attracting
new employers to
Wisconsin. Note
the move of
companies from
Illinois north
to Wisconsin.
Taxpayers are also tired
of attorneys who
are calling for
Walker's recall
because they
disapprove of
his efforts
to curb frivolous
law suits and
cap excessive
settlements that
are
driving healthcare
and medical
liability
premiums through
the roof
and doctors out
of business.
Remember, the
laws recently
signed by Walker
curbing third
party and
product
liability
settlements
where passed by
both parties
in both houses.
Now voters
are confronted
by what even the
liberal press
has dubbed "One
of the most
questionable recall
strategies in
the history of
our State."
Petitioners brag
of signing
multiple
petitions,
copying names
from phone books
and headstones,
and signing
Donald and Daffy
Duck along with
Hitler to recall
petitions,
knowing the GAB
admits they'll
not vet
signatures in
any meaningful
way. While it's
the Democrats
right to recall,
it's not their
right to void my
vote half way
through an
election cycle.
That’s akin to
shooting my
horse half way
through a race
he’s about to
win.
You need only
visit
www.reforms.wi.gov
or
www.itsworkingwisconsin.com
to appreciate
the benefits
taxpayers have
already
experienced
having Scott
Walker in
office. As one
of my
more liberal
Democrat friends
said, "Recalling
Scott Walker is
like shooting
ourselves in the
foot.”
We’re all in
this together.
Before you
discount my
opinions, please
know I voted for
Kennedy and
L.B.J., marched
in protests with
Russ Feingold,
was an
O.P.I.E.U.#39 (Organization of
Professional
International
Employee Union)
member for most
of my career,
own three
Wisconsin
businesses, have
organized
financial
cooperatives/credit
unions across
the U.S., was a
WEA member, and
have taught
business
development
courses for over
40 years. I'm
convinced that
those who
support the
recall of Scott
Walker are at
best misguided
and at worse
totally ignoring
our dairy State
is broke and
taxpayers have
been milked dry.
Rich Woldt A
taxpaying resident
of Door and
Dane County
Wisconsin
Click here
for a list of
benefits school
districts and
municipalities have
seen state wide.
Click here
for a pdf copy of
this letter.
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We've
gotten many "thumbs up" for my
"stop the recall" bumper stickers. While we
may not be able to match the
millions spent to void our
votes, or stop those who think it's
ethical to sign multiple
petitions or copy names and
addresses from phone books, we can
make public those who've condoned such
recall strategies.
I
encourage everyone to help verify petition
signatures and addresses. Software
has been developed so we can enter
signatures into a searchable data
base that can be compared to public
records such as court, school,
death, and tax records. At a minimum
we can identify convicted felons and
those under age who've signed
petitions.
Go to
www.wisconsingrandsonsofliberty.com
to learn more!
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Before you
void your neighbors vote go to
www.DoorCountyVeterans.com
and meet five who died so all our
votes would count!
It's been my experience
that many collecting
signatures want you to sign without knowing the
facts and will avoid any substantive discussion of the issues. Expect
them to put you on the defensive with comments
like: "I'll bet you watch FOX news" and "Walker's
going to get rid of Social Security and
Medicare" and "Walker's in the pockets of
the large corporations." They like to mention Koch Industries
and donations made by the Koch
brothers as an example.
The Koch brothers have given 88% of their political
donations to the Republican party, 10% to the
Democrats with conservative agendas, and 1% to independents.
In my opinion, that means that the largest and most
successful job creators in the country feels the
Republicans are heading in the right direction.
Click here to
learn more.
Be honest and admit you listen to
FOX News as well as others and agree with the
need for need for campaign financing.
Point out the impact unions have had on campaign
and recall financing. Ask open
ended questions to get them to talk and take
time to listen and learn. Open ended questions
begin with Who,
What, Where, When, and How. They'll soon exhaust
their crib notes and run
for cover. Remember, we all share their valid fear of
unemployment, losing benefits,
and paying higher premiums.
We're all in this boat together! It's no one
person or party's fault, nor does any one person
or party have all the right answers. Let's all
agree that we dully elect our
representatives and than give winners a reasonable
chance to succeed or fail. Those who succeed get
reelected and those who don't learn from their
mistakes. Read my paper on "Managing the
Speculative Risks of Politics. We're all human
enough to fail, wise enough to alter our course,
and strong enough to recover after the next
election. Please visit
www.reform.wi.gov
and
www.itsworkingwisconsin.com,
read
"My letter from Santa 2011"
and consider my comments on
"Why I think recalling Scott Walker is like shooting
yourself in the foot."
When we listen to the "other" side
we uncover much
common ground. For example, I met Martha
collecting signatures in Sister Bay. We share
an anger over wall street greed and a frustration
with "for profit" banks. I agreed to
listen to videos she advocated and she agreed to
read my paper on why financial cooperatives such
as credit unions are better positioned than
banks to combat the greed on Wall Street. I
posted a link for Martha and her Democrat
colligues at
www.RMLearningCenter.com.
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A Christmas from Santa - 2011:
It won't be long and I'll be making my rounds.
I'm pleased to report there's a "Christmas"
trees back in the Governor's mansion, most wish lists falls within my budget,
Mrs. Clause and I are in good health,
Wisconsin's heading in the right direction, and while
you all know there's a Santa, most of you know there's no free
lunch and all honest work is
honorable. Unfortunately, some of you still believe
you deserve whatever you want no matter how
deep you drive Santa into debt. Some of you
are convinced life is unfair, and you have the
right to void the vote of anyone with whom you
disagree. Don't get me wrong!
you're not all
bad! Many of you deserve what you get, you
realize life can be unfair, and only in extreme
circumstances should you attempt to void your
neighbor's vote.
It's time to
forgive Grandpa ... for welding your school's
backstop, replacing the light bulb in the gym, and driving
your buddy to the library. He didn't realize he
was violating the school's union contract. Tell grandpa he'll now be able to
volunteer his time to save your school money without
creating a fuss, starting a protest, or causing a strike.
And, forgive your uncle for his anger over the
new laws to curb frivolous law suites and
exurbanite settlements. When he realizes these
laws were fashioned after Worker's Compensation
laws written by unions in the 1930's he'll
understand. And forgive your aunt's anger over
the efforts to stop taxpayer funded abortions
through Planned Parenthood or the promotion of
non-Christian conduct through PBS. She knows
she should be supporting these efforts.
A final word of wisdom from Santa:
Always remember, "When a government is big
enough to give you everything you want, it's big
enough to take away everything you have!
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GOD BLESS YOU ALL! Now
help Santa handout some of Uncle Rich's
stickers so we can save Wisconsin over
$650,000 in recall expenses, not to
mention the estimated $10 million
dollars it'll take to run the recall
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Remember: your great-great grandpa
demanded "No taxation without representation,"
your great grandpa fought for your right to vote
for your Representative of choice, your
grandpa fought hard to preserve your right to
vote,
and your father fought hard so you'd be safe and
secure. Santa needs you to always think for yourself,
standup for what you believe, play fair, and
have the courage to defend your vote, your
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Action Steps:
- Go to
www.reform.wi.gov and
www.itsworkingwisconsin.com and learn
how much money your school district saved
and why
we're heading in the right direction.
- Read on and relax! know you're wiser then when you woke
and you're on the right side when it comes
to getting your country out of debt and
creating jobs within your community.
Risks you're taking when you sign a
recall petition include:
- Your name and address will become
part of the public record.
- Your name can and will be used to
solicit donations.
- You lose control over who'll see,
copy, or use your signature.
- You've signed a legal document
authorizing your name to be used as those
collecting signatures see fit.
- Once you sign it'll be difficult to
withdraw your name.
- When you sign you might be selling
your future down the drain.
- Wisconsin is broke.
Prior Governors from both parties have
kicked the can down the road. Scott Walker
is getting us out of debt and regaining our
control over our future.
- Please, don't shoot yourself in the
foot. Read on....
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To learn more about
Santa Clause...
Click on his
picture!
Yes! Santa will make his rounds on
CHRISTMAS eve...
and for those who've
attended church regularly, stayed out of
trouble, and played fair, you can expect
something special. If
the recall efforts fail, you'll get even more in 2012.
Savings in Door
Co.
Gibraltar Area School
District
Taxpayers
will save
$269,900 due to
pension payments from employees.*
Sevastopol School
District
Taxpayers
will save
$199,800
due to pension payments from
employees.*
Southern Door School
District
Taxpayers
will save
$406,200
due to
pension payments from
employees.*
Sturgeon Bay School
District
Taxpayers
will save
$1,172,000
due to Act
10 reforms, according to media
reports.
*Figures are derived from the
Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
God Children go to:
www.Catholicscomehome.org and spread
the word!
Click here for the "Seven Wonders of the
World!
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Why recalling Scott Walker is like shooting
yourself in the foot!
Note: If you've
already shot yourself in the foot, email your
county clerk and ask for your name to be
removed!
$650,000 is what it's going to cost Wisconsin
taxpayers to recall a Governor who has just
begun to get our economic house in order. I only
ask my friends and family to learn the facts
before thy place their family name on any
recall. We have many veterans on our family tree
who've fought for our right to vote.
It frustrates me to see some attempting to void my
vote in the last election because they
fear allowing capitalism to work. The
election cycle is set to not only allow
candidates time to learn the ropes, but equally
important the time needed to test their good
faith efforts to succeed. Please consider the
following before voiding any ones vote during
the last election:
In Door County's
school districts
alone we've seen the following benefits:
My personal
perspective on recalls and collective
bargaining:
It's
no secret I was a... liberal Democrat during the
60's, willing to march arm and arm with Russ Feingold
and Paul Soglin, co-host "Across-the-Grain with Gene
Carey" a radio talk-show confronting Madison's
Bourgeoisie, and protest everything L.B.J. and
Jane Fonda did to lose the war in Vietnam.
But
than I... served an extended tour in Vietnam
and realized how valuable it is to vote for the
candidate of your choice. I than worked 30 years in corporate America; 23 of
which I was a reluctant union member.
I say "reluctant"
because I was
forced to watch unions collectively bargain the
automobile industry out of Wisconsin, the steel
industry out of Michigan, much of the World
Credit Union Movement headquarters out of
Madison, while staying politically quiet
watching
Democrats force feed taxpayers deeper in debt
funding social welfare fraud and crazy ideas like
light-rail between Madison and Milwaukee.
I slowly grew sick and tied of friends
who were prison guards
bragging about converting their 90 sick days
into 90 days of double time simply by calling in
sick for the first shift than working the second
to receive double their wages per their union
contract. Using the "buddy system" they
bragged of
playing an extra 90 days a year and then taking home an
extra 90 days of income. Teachers retiring out
in their early 50's with full medical benefits
for life and forcing me to pay salaries based on
tenure and seniority rather than merit also made
me mad.
I'm
now retired and... free to think for myself,
free to vote for whom I choose, and proud to
carry for now a Republican Party membership
cards. I've learned that neither Republicans nor
Democrats have all the right answers but working
together they can, if they choose, solve our State
and national debt crisis to get our
economic house in order. To give every taxpaying
voter an equal voice, we need to
give everyone their "full" time at bat,
the chance
to take their best shots, score what runs they
can, or strike
out and be replace during the next election. No Republican, Democrat, or Independent
should be pulled from the game before they've
had their chance to succeed or fail.
We should all be
fundamentally against
all
recalls! At a minimum we should all be fully
aware of why we're considering signing recall
petitions let alone criticizing those giving it
their best shot at bat.
I'm
asking everyone to STOP the Scott Walker recall
efforts going on in Wisconsin.
At a minimum, before anyone
signs a recall petition, they should go to
www.itsworkingwisconsin.com
and
www.reforms.wi.gov
to learn how
school districts are now hiring more teachers
and increasing the salaries of those most
qualified to teach. Also, everyone should listen to all news agencies
to get a balanced view of how municipalities
have reduced outstanding debts and are now more
able to invest in new technology rather than
being bogged down by interest payments that only kick their debts down
the road to future generations.
My
experience on both ends of the political
spectrum has... driven me first to the far right
and then just right of the political center. It
was years under the autocrat dictates of the
union hierarchy that almost destroyed my
independent spirit and willingness to fight for
my right to vote for who I believed deserved a
chance at bat.
I apologize to... those Walker
recall workers in Stoughton, Madison, Green Bay,
Sturgeon Bay, Fish Creek, and Sister Bay whom I
might have offended with my less then sensitive
comments about your willingness to ignore the
facts. As promised, I'll try to be more civil
the next time our paths cross.
I guess the death
threats made against Scott Walker, Robert Cowels,
and other Republicans during recent recalls
along with booing during the national anthem,
the shouting down of 12 year old speakers during
counter-demonstrations, and the property
destruction at our State Capitol has taken its
toll.
Free Bumper Stickers
and homemade handouts:
For those
who are looking for a more civil way to confront
those collecting signatures you can
click here
for pocket stickers to hand to those waiting to
sign petitions and
click here
for bumper stickers similar to those I've placed
on my cars and trucks. Make you're own and
attach them with clear packaging tape.
Click here for a sample of one I
thought-up this morning. Be creative and be
civil. I have many, many good friends on
both sides of this political fence. I guarantee
you, many of those now on the other side are
there because they either have no choice or
they've not been told all the facts. I've been
there. It's uncomfortable and embarrassing.
One final request of small
business leaders. Please consider how
the private sector through Humana has reduced
healthcare costs while increasing benefits for
our Medicare seniors over 65. It's a heck of a
lot better than living with the expected
requirement to provide health insurance for all
employees. If you consider how OSHA requirements
have been dictated via regulations, every
employer with more than 5 employees should be
voting for anyone willing to put a fork in Obama
Care.
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A Risk Management
Perspective on our economy and unions - 1968 through 2011
The economic hole we're in comes from
decades of borrowing in an effort to
support a gradual shift from staunch
Capitalism to a California version of
Socialism. Spend some time on Madison's
Isthmus if you think I'm wrong. You need
only watch a few episodes of Judge Judy
to realize there are those who see
nothing wrong with raising children on
taxpayer funded welfare rather than
getting a job and working to make ends
meet. To those who blame the government,
I say "We are the government." To those
who blame banks, I say, join a credit
union. Credit unions are member owned
and controlled, not for profit financial
cooperatives that for the most part have
resisted violating lending common sense.
Yet, in the late 70's and early 80's
some chose to ignore the traditionally
conservative three "Cs" of lending and
dug such a deep economic hole they
folded the Rohde Island Share Deposit
Insurance Corporation (RISDIC).
In the 70's we demanded and got
"Equal Rights" legislation forcing
financials to consider the potential
credit worthiness of both the husband
and wife when evaluating home loans.
Consequently, home values often doubled
overnight. No one selling their home was
dumb enough to take $50,000 for their
home when they learned the borrower
could be approved for $100,000. The
problem was, Mom and Dad woke up
the next day realizing they both had to
find a job in order to service their
loan. To add insult to injury, the law
allowed for lenders to offer home equity
loans to borrowers so many immediately
took their down payment equity in the
home as a collateralized loan just
digging themselves deeper in debt.
All in all, like it or not, it's the
less educated loan applicants who finds
themselves quickly "under water" and
facing foreclosure. This same stupidity
occurred during the "Cash for Clunkers"
program. Those who didn't need better
transportation were convinced to go
deeper in debt for a car they really
didn't need.
Oh yes! Then there is Fanny Mai and
Freddy the taxpayers can guarantee your
stupidly Mack. It said, "Don't worry
banks, just give them the money. We'll
cover your lack of due diligence.
Yes the government deserves much of
the blame. But again, we are the
government. At some point we have to
return to our American work ethic,
understand there is no free lunch, pick
up a shovel and dig ourselves out of
debt. We dogged the bullet in Wisconsin
when we had the sense to put a fork in
the light rail that studies showed we
didn't need and no one would ride. Thank
God Scott Walker won the last election
or we'd be even deeper in debt.
Yes, unions have collectively bargained
employers out of Wisconsin... let
alone out of the steel, automobile,
airline, and other international
markets. But without their ability to
collectively bargain or strike...
we'd not have government watch dogs like
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) let alone the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Equally important, unions helped drive
the development of Worker's Compensation
laws that ensure workers receive proper
medical attention for injuries suffered
while on the job. Wisconsin was the
first state to enact WC legislation and
continues to play an important role to
ensure safe and healthy work conditions
across the country. The benefits
unions bring to the private sector..
and the jobsite are not in question.
Union training programs help ensure...
employees hit the ground running and
perform to the highest standards.
Unions, by coordinating jobsites and
scheduling work ensure steady employment
for their members and limited downtime
for employers. The question is
not... whether unions have played an
important role in our economy. The question is,...
"At what
point does collective bargaining and the
threat of strikes drive companies out of
business and jobs overseas. The millions
of union dues being spent in Wisconsin
to void or last election are obscene.
The fact that there are still uninformed
electorate who are willing to foot the
bill is frightening.
Wisconsin teachers told us they
think of their union... when they failed to
get over 51% of their represented
teachers
to join the union, which in turn
decertified their union. Teachers, at
least in Wisconsin realize that
internet learning and home schooling is
fast replacing the need for brick and
mortar class rooms. They understand
class size in no longer a relevant
argument nor is how long they should
have to teach during the day and year.
They realize they're no longer
only
competing with teachers in their district,
they're compete with teachers overseas
who are using social media (Facebook,
LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) and cell phones
to teach and guide the world not just
one generation. Sadly, well maybe not
so sadly,... the anti Walker ads
that bemoan the loss of their athletic
coach and the need for kids to sit on
the floor in one classroom, speak
volumes of how disparate some union
leaders are to shelter their members
from reality. Unfortunately, union
outside Wisconsin have... invested
so much money to recall Walker I fear
they just might convince enough
taxpayers to spend another $650,000 to
shoot themselves in the foot.
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Now back to my
retirement!
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