It's a Girl

Well - we new it was going to be a girl for months so the BIG surprise was if it was NOT a girl!

Not much time to "talk" (or as some say whine) this morning as we off to the hospital (baby was at 4:15).

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First off - FOX News - it's been proven MANY times that they not only slant the news but just make it up. Check this out from last night - they are showing the violent protested in Madison - odd - I had never seen the palm trees on the square.

It's ALMOST like they are trying to make us believe something that is not true!

The Capitol Palm Trees

Anyway - The Budget - a couple nuggets

Recycling - no longer needed - Communities are no longer told to recycle and all funding for helping towns recycle has been eliminated - those funds will go to creating large industries (also called getting rid of the farmland that makes no money).



Arts Board: completely defunded - but this was not a surprise because the Republicans have defunded the national endowment for the arts.  We don't need art - we need big business.

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board: 21.5% cut

 Historical Society: 7.9% cut, loss of 18 job

 Medical College of Wisconsin: 13.1% cut

Public Defender Board: 4.4% increase - these are the people that protect the Governors office from lawsuits

Department of Public Instruction: 8.2% cut ($530 million)

Department of Natural Resources: 15.8% cut, loss of 69 jobs 

 UW Hospitals and Clinics: completely defunded ($153 million) that right - UW Hospitals - GONE to Big Business

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation: A new entity with a $99 million budget and executives appointed by the governor.

Increase of $15 million to the Dept of Tourism 

Wisconsin Technical College System: 21.3% cut

OH - here is a good thing - it is now impossible for towns like Columbus to ANY town to raise property tax.   So ANYTHING new - new roads, FIXING roads, new school, is now on the chopping block.   This cripples towns from growth.

20,167 UW Hospital employees will be laid off!

$900 million in education - GONE - we don't need education in Wisconsin - we have a Governor with a high school GPA of 2.57 - he didn't need no education.  Teachers are just over paid scabs anyway working 30 hours a week just standing there talking.

BTW - Public Employee Benefits are 100% funded by Public Employees - tax payers don't pay a single dime into the fund, says so right on the ETF website - odd - Walker makes it sound like we are cheating the tax payers doesn't it.

Nuff said.