To whom are Wisconsin's Republican legislators beholden?

Paying our share is Wisconsin's way
Dave Zweifel, Capital Times
Monday, October 22, 2007

"Now that a state budget compromise appears to have finally brought this legislative circus to an end, it's time to ask some serious questions of Wisconsin's Republican legislators.

"To whom are they beholden? The people of Wisconsin or a radical right-wing organization based in Washington, D.C., that was founded by a bunch of billionaires and now wants to tell us how we should be running our state?...

"Gov. Jim Doyle's tax proposals were not only fair, but they were designed to affect as few citizens as possible. They were aimed to raise money to help the strapped UW System, provide a few more dollars for local education, help take care of young people who are without health care coverage and assist our low-income elderly population...

"This budget compromise does meet at least some of those needs. Wisconsin, after all, was built by people who worked hard and shared - people who put to shame those with self-serving slogans and the pious legislators who join them."

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