Origin Stories from the GOP State Convention
May 31, 2025 - 09:55
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I received a newsletter from Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) a few days ago in which part of the opening paragraph read “…told the whole world what the Democrats have been planning this whole time.” Then he quoted Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “Our ultimate goal is a path to citizenship to all 11 million or however many there are here.”
“If words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice.”
– President Ronald Reagan, Memorial Day 1982
The Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) is calling for legislative oversight of DPI and Milwaukee Public Schools surrounding MPS’ financial reporting. Milwaukee Public Schools missed essential financial deadlines, putting itself at risk of state officials withholding funding again.
MPS’ 2024 financial crisis led to withheld state aid and the resignations of district leadership. Despite corrective action plans, the threat of state aid being withheld, and new leadership, Wisconsinites are still in the dark when it comes to MPS’s financials.
While elites in D.C. would rather kick the can down the road and pile more debt onto your children and grandchildren, I’m making it my mission to stop them.
As a businessman, I look at the numbers and what I see is inexplicable waste.
Balancing the budget isn’t rocket science. Here’s the common-sense formula I’m pushing in the Senate:
1. Cap all spending to pre-COVID levels.
2. INVESTIGATE all new spending increases since 2020.
3. Turn DOGE’s findings and cuts into ACTUAL law.
This Wisconsin Trucker was very excited to see Congressman Derrick Van Orden help pass the recent Budget Reconciliation Bill, otherwise known as the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act”.
Boy, will it be nice to get some tax relief. It’s difficult enough to get by without the government digging in your pockets. Thankfully, this bill will save families like mine thousands of dollars each year. Not to mention, this bill eliminates taxes on overtime. These provisions show Republicans are eager to help the working class.
National EMS Week, observed this year from May 18-24, is an important opportunity to highlight the contributions our EMS providers make to our communities. In the 17th Senate District, nearly all of our sixty EMS departments are made up of volunteers. These volunteers undergo countless hours in the classroom and training to keep us safe. They often have to balance this volunteer commitment with their day job and family responsibilities.
Whatever the US Constitution does not specifically authorize the federal government to do is left up to the states and to the people. While theoretically restraining the federal government, it provides an open invitation for state government to interject itself into its residents’ lives. There are two main restraints that stand in states’ way as they seek to exploit that constitutional mandate. First, the people can always vote out politicians who go too far. Secondly, the states cannot print money.
