With a collective sigh of relief, we can now look back at the time since Governor Walker and I took office, and size up the accomplishments of the last two years.
Although we've seen things unprecedented and unpredictable, our experiences have made us stronger. We have a lot to be proud of. Our successes give us new perspective, though, and through the lens of a state pursuing economic competitiveness, we see we have a lot of room to grow in our future.
Despite the rampant wrong turns from our federal government, Wisconsin is finally on the path to prosperity. We inherited a $3.6 billion budget deficit that has been balanced without raising taxes. After seeing nearly 150,000 jobs lost under the last three years of the previous administration, we are putting people back to work. We have restored confidence for job creators and are giving them the tools needed to succeed.
We are in better shape today than we were before and we are not done yet. We are moving in the right direction and under the leadership of this administration. We will continue to see our state grow toward a thriving economic comeback.
We are getting it right in Wisconsin, and we are making a difference in the lives of each and every resident throughout the state.
Going forward, we must help the private sector create more jobs. The first thing that we should focus on is fiscally sound and environmentally friendly mining legislation. It is of prime importance to bring these high-paying jobs to the state. By passing legislation that will create thousands of long-lasting mining jobs to grow in the state, we will do just that.
During the last two years we also saw property tax relief for the first time in more than a decade. Going forward we will continue to treat your tax dollars with the respect they deserve and maintain the protections we have instituted for the middle class.
Unlike the supposed leaders in Washington, we have made the tough, but prudent, choices that have put us on solid footing for our future. While taxes are being raised on just about everyone at the federal level, we are committed to lowering the income taxes for the middle class. This relief will ensure that the people of Wisconsin have more money in their pockets — money that can be directly inserted into our continued economic recovery.
We have had great success on the state level, and under the continued watchful eye of this administration and our legislative allies, we will remain steadfast in moving Wisconsin forward.
Here's some Wikipedia information about Bren's girl crush... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lawton If you Google "Barbara Lawton", you'll get a response that may give some indication as to the story behind her decision to drop out of the 2010 gubernatorial race for "very personal reasons".
Again, you put the question mark within the quotation. I challenge, in the strongest possible terms, your qualifications (educational and intellectual).
Walker didn't even want her as Lt. Gov but the establishment was behind it.
This is the typical liberal thinking of "you have a lot of money. Why do you care what your taxes are?" THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO WORK TO KEEP LOWERING TAXES.
When was the above (not) mentioned "candidate" running for Lt. Governor as an "alternative" to Rebecca Kleefisch?
I think she is qualified.
One thing Ms. Kleefisch has accomplished though is win an election in her own right as Lt. Gov. during the recall election when she defeated Mahlon Mitchell. In a standard election, the Lt Gov. is part of a ticket, in a recall it is a separate choice on the ballot and she won that race straight up (granted with lots of top-of-the-ticket help). Like it or hate it, Ms. Kleefisch was elected to her post by the people of Wisconsin and, as a result, will feel inclined to communicate with the people of Wisconsin.
Starting to detect a bit of ADD in the winger crowd.
And why should he pay 62% of his money BACK to the government? You have all the sayings but no logic. Ever.
Do you ever actually make any positive contributions to the discussions, Keith? It seems that all you do around here is post insults, accusations and misinformation.
"And you people on the right keep bitching about unions, which support the much more of us, versus ALEC, which supports the much less of us, and certainly not many of you, though they enjoy the privilege of using all of you."
He does seem to post just after 1am A LOT! "You poor deluded winger. Liberals are only interested in seeing those who benefited the most from the system to kick into the system, so that we have more of the system, a system they liberally use themselves. Only poor self-loathing fools buy that those within the selfish rich sell".
Tiger Woods is the prime example. He "moved" to FL in 1996. His off-course deals (rounded) starting in '96: $12M, 19M, 27M, 27M, 38M, 56M, 67M, 77M, 83M, 75M, 87M, 100M, 110M, 101M, 72M, 62M, 77M. That's a total of $1.09 Billion in endorsements since 1996, and if he had stayed in CA he would have had to fork over $109 million in state taxes. CA has a 10% income tax and FL is 0%. No brainer. What have we learned about this? That Phil is a dumb ass for staying in CA.