Battleground Wisconsin26 Nov 2024

Thanksgiving Special Interviews

Before we welcome our two guests, Matt and Robert discuss the state of Wisconsin’s long term revenue crisis. This week we learned that Wisconsinites pay less of their income in taxes than ever in the history of the state and Wisconsin is 35th in the nation in taxation. It may look bleak for pub;ic education with State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos promising sweeping tax cuts and Governor Tony Evers promoting the plunging tax rate that produced a decade of under funding for our schools, universities, and municipalities, and no new major investments in vital needs such as child care and home care. The public is tired of this race to the bottom, where Wisconsin copies the revenue policies of deep red states, and fails our kids, working people, and long term economic prosperity. Chris Gooding joins us to discuss the adjunct faculty union organizing drive at Marquette University where over 70% are signed on union authorization cards. MU is shamefully violating both workers rights and Catholic social teachings, claiming religious exemption from recognizing the adjunct faculty union. We take a deep dive with CUB’s Tom Content on the We Energies rate increases approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the capture of Wisconsin’s regulatory agency by the big for profit utilities. What can be done to restore government in the public interest? Listen to the show. March on Marquette’s Campus in support of Union – We will be doing a march on Friday, December 6th at noon. Any sympathetic community members are encouraged to attend. Starting location TBD (we have to hold a meeting on Monday about the action first). https://ucwwisconsin.org/ Citizen Utility Board Wisconsin

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