By Steve Welcenbach A fundraising luncheon held by the Herman Cain for President campaign was held on Monday, November 14th at the Milwaukee Athletic Club. Cost of attendance of $999 included a pre- reception with Herman Cain as well as the luncheon. Luncheon only attendance required a $500 donation. Approximately seventy people attended the event…
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New Database of HIDDEN Public School Costs
TO OUR FRIENDS: The website below is a “heads up” to a new searchable online database Citizens for Responsible Government will be launching. It still needs a few tweaks but is largely functional. We all know about teacher benefits. This database details the previously unrevealed or analyzed “hidden” costs of outrageous benefits given public school…
Steven Welcenbach
Hope for Political Representation For Small Business People
Let’s face it. Small business people have not had any true or significant representation at any level of government, at least over the course of my small business ownership career. Yes, political lip service correctly touts small business as the engine of the economy. But that’s where it stops. Income tax and healthcare policy ruthlessly…
Tom DeWeese
American Education Fails Because it Isn’t Education
By Tom DeWeese The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries. Twenty years ago the U.S. ranked first in the world in the number of young adults who had high school diplomas and…
Iain Murray
Big-government liberals think they can control how kids eat at school;
How long before they try to control how kids eat the rest of the day? By Iain Murray National Review. The government robber barons justify themselves by telling you that big government is for your own good or, even better, “it’s for the children!” What they really do is treat you like a child. The…
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Nothing is impossible! In spite of experts.
“A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make,” — Response to Debbi Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies. “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out,” — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the…