WI Politics “A new word for leaders: no”

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WI Politics “A new word for leaders: no”

Dave Ross describes an epiphany in a McDonald's: The mayor of Superior, he heard a constituent asking indignantly whether his tax dollars were supporting a golf course.

Ross realized the answer was "yes." Superior owned and ran a golf course. It was losing about $75,000 a year.

Not any more. The city still owns the course but privatized its operation, and it gets a share of the ensuing profits. Golf now supports the taxpayer. So does the city's landfill, similarly privatized.

…If it can happen in Superior

It had better happen elsewhere. The state government is in deep fiscal trouble because of the recession, but a new report by a former revenue secretary points out that once the storm abates and the economy shines again, Wisconsin's finances will still be a wreck.

The reality, writes Chandler, is that Wisconsin's government spending has long outstripped its tax revenue - even though our tax burden is well above average. The only way the Doyle administration made the budget work, even with more than $1 billion in tax increases last year, was a huge transfusion of federal "stimulus." Don't bet on more of that.

The national debt is astronomical…

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