Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and His Budget Issues

The Mayor of Milwaukee has been on a wild and out of control spending spree.  He has borrowed and borrowed and borrowed to pay for all of his spending.  Now he has a budget shortfall.  He has 2 plans to pay for it, one that hasn't worked is begging and lashing out at the state for the funding, and the second has the city up in arms of cutting public safety.

Right Wisconsin:

When he took over in 2004, the city’s annual budget was $856 million. As of 2015, it was $1.5 billion. Annual borrowing went from $90 million to $285 million. Outstanding debt went from $583 to $720 million. The annual debt service payment went from $103 million to $450 million, a 275 percent increase.

To give that $450 million debt service payment some context, that’s more than Milwaukee’s total public safety budget – which includes the police and fire departments – by $32 thousand.

The Mayor built this city on borrowing and now has put the city in a budget crisis because the time to pay up has come.  According to the report 30% of Milwaukee's budget now goes to pay back the debt that the Mayor has borrowed.  Hey don't forget though, we have a street car being built.

 Right Wisconsin:

The tragic reality of Milwaukee’s debt problem is there’s no need for it. Between its tax levy, intergovernmental aid, user fees, and other financing options, Milwaukee has more than enough “revenue” to operate.

In 2015, the city brought in $1.26 billion not including revenue from new bonding. That year it spent $1.06 billion not including debt service.

So while Tom Barrett points at the state for his city’s financial wreck, his fingerprints all are over the steering wheel.

 The good news for Milwaukee is that there is an ongoing effort to recall the Mayor and finally people are starting to take notice of the failed leadership in this city.  These now dire budget issues compounded with the issues with the Milwaukee Police Department, Out of Control Crime and the Street Car, it looks like it might be time for a change.

CNN Latest Poll Should Have Dems Worried

Even though CNN, in its report of the Poll tried to spin it as a Majority want the GOP and President Trump to drop the Repeal of ObamaCare, the truth in the Poll is a Majority of Americans want Obamacare repealed.

Here is the results:  In the CNN Poll 35% said that the GOP and President should abandon plans to repeal and leave it as is.  18% said that the GOP and President should Repeal parts of the law, regardless of whether a replacement is ready.  34% said Repeal only if Replacements can be enacted at the same time.

By my math that poll says that 52% of those polls want at least portions of the Obamacare law repealed.  52%!  only 34% want ObamaCare left alone.

The Democrats are banking their future on 34%.

I have stood on my soap box before and said that the Democrats, Republicans also for that matter, are missing a golden opportunity.  The poll shows that 52% what something done.  If the Democrats think they have a chance of winning back the House or Senate by leading only 34% of the people and going against 52% they need to look at their leadership. The poll also shows a glaring fact that many of us already knew.  A huge majority 77% want a bipartisan bill passed.  The Republicans need to work with the Democrats and the Democrats need to quit sitting on their hands and jump in. 

This is a poll coming from a media outlet that leans extremely to the Democrats side and it is showing them how off the mark they are.  This should be a wake up call for the Democrats and their leadership.

New Ad on ObamaCare

Should Trump let Obamacare Fail?

Trump stated the other day that they should just let Obamacare fail, then maybe Democrats will come to the table.

The question is, should they let Obamacare fail?

That is a question you really shouldn't ask of Trump, more so it should be the members of Congress.  Obamacare is failing and everyone already knows it.  Just look at the skyrocketing costs and the number of Insurance Companies dropping out of the whole thing.  It will only be a short time and it will either bankrupt the United States or will not be affordable to anyone.

The Democrats have thus far refused to get into the Health Care discussion.  They want to force the Republicans to pass something all on their own so they can go out and use it as a political tool for election season.  The same way it was used against them.  The Democrats know that they made a huge mistake by ramming the bill down the throats of the GOP and the American People without the help of the GOP.  It cost them the House and Senate in very short order.  Now they are looking and counting on the American People to be stupid.  They know that Obamacare is failing system that they own.  They are counting on the GOP to pass something without their support.  That way they can blame them and win back the House and Senate.  Thus far they have not been interested in actually helping.  They know that if they come to the table and sit down and work on a bipartisan bill that actually helps the American People they can't use it against the GOP. 

The problem for both sides is this, the GOP has evolved into multiple facets of the party.  So they are not going to pass a bill without help from the Democrats.  It is actually a wonderful thing for the American People.  The bill should be a piece of work that covers people from all over, and to do that the Democrats have to come to the table.  So the Democrats want to sit back and make the GOP go on their own, but the GOP is to diverse to pass without the help of the Dems.

In the face of this what should happen?  I believe that yes, Obamacare should fail.  The people who passed that bill should own it right to the final day.  They don't want to help fix it, they want to be political.  Own your mess and come to the table and do what you should do!  Work with the other side and put the American People ahead of your sorry butts.

Another Has Been Pushing Violence on Behalf of Democrats

Rosie O'Donnell got an earful from people on Twitter when she decided it was a good thing to encourage people to play a game online that gave players the chance to push President Trump off a cliff. 

I have found it simply amazing at how people on the Left push for violence and then cry when someone from the left is hurt.  Just amazes me at the lack of civility.

Postal Service Broke the Law

It appears that the United States Postal Service Broke the law in the last election.

FOX News:

The United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other Democratic candidates while on leave from the agency, according to an Office of Special Counsel report obtained by Fox News.

Don't worry, I am sure that CNN and MSNBC will be covering this story.  Wont they?