Tuesday, January 27th 2009
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Wisconsin Regulators Force Businesses to Support Costly Global Warming Task Force

Americans for Prosperity Calls Act “Government Bullying;”
Contradicts and Compromises Free Market System


MILWAUKEE – Americans for Prosperity laments Wisconsin state regulators’ recommendation to force a Green Bay utility company to lobby the Legislature in support of Gov. Doyle’s task force. Calling for 25% of utilities in Wisconsin to get their energy from renewable resources, the recommendation, if passed, would drastically increase the price of electricity and neglect to wean us off of the non-renewable sources.

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Tuesday, January 27th 2009
by jjasperson
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Wisconsin Regulators Force Businesses to Support Costly Global Warming Task Force

Americans for Prosperity Calls Act “Government Bullying;”
Contradicts and Compromises Free Market System


MILWAUKEE – Americans for Prosperity laments Wisconsin state regulators’ recommendation to force a Green Bay utility company to lobby the Legislature in support of Gov. Doyle’s task force. Calling for 25% of utilities in Wisconsin to get their energy from renewable resources, the recommendation, if passed, would drastically increase the price of electricity and neglect to wean us off of the non-renewable sources.

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Tuesday, January 27th 2009
by jjasperson
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Wisconsin Regulators Force Businesses to Support Costly Global Warming Task Force

Americans for Prosperity Calls Act “Government Bullying;”
Contradicts and Compromises Free Market System


MILWAUKEE – Americans for Prosperity laments Wisconsin state regulators’ recommendation to force a Green Bay utility company to lobby the Legislature in support of Gov. Doyle’s task force. Calling for 25% of utilities in Wisconsin to get their energy from renewable resources, the recommendation, if passed, would drastically increase the price of electricity and neglect to wean us off of the non-renewable sources.

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Tuesday, January 27th 2009
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Free Market Advocacy Group Attributes Decline In
Wisconsin Jobless Rate to Anti-Growth Policies

Americans for Prosperity calls for political climate friendly to small business

MILWAUKEE – The Wisconsin jobless rate, which is an indicator used to measure the number of people unable to find work, reached its highest level since 1986 at 5.8%, up from 4.6% in December 2007 according to the Department of Workforce Development. Although this trend is not specific to Wisconsin, it certainly has been exacerbated by the state’s hostile business climate over the past several years, according to free market advocacy group Americans for Prosperity.

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Wednesday, January 21st 2009
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KRM Commuter Rail Plan's Supposed Economic Benefits Aren't Credible; System Would Require Massive Subsidies

Reason Foundation report outlines several better transit options for region


Los Angeles (December 16, 2008) - The claimed economic benefits of the proposed commuter rail line for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee corridor are "not credible" and other transit options should be studied, according to a new study by Reason Foundation, a free market think tank.

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