• The Paid Sick Leave Scam

    On the November ballots, City of Milwaukee residents may have to vote on whether private employers should be required to provide paid sick leave for all employees. Here’s what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says about it: A coalition led by […]

  • Fed’s New Mortgage Rules Won’t Stop Fraud

    As the panic continues about the “subprime mortgage crisis,” pressure has been put on regulators to do something to stop mortgage fraud. The “crisis” has been blamed largely on corrupt mortgage brokers, and so last week the Federal Reserve adopted […]

  • Name one accomplishment by Barack Obama

    Anyone with an ounce of brains is well aware that Barack Obama has not one accomplishment to his name, not one thing that qualifies him to be President of the United States. These voters help demonstrate it…

  • Milwaukee County Supervisors Want to Stick It to the Taxpayers Again

    Career politician Elizabeth Coggs (what happened to the Coggs-Jones?), who apparently has never had a real job, is crying about the compensation at her part-time job… Milwaukee County Supervisor. I’m not kidding… These are part-time jobs. And for her part-time […]

  • State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Taxpayers

    It’s rare these days that taxpayers get any relief from the clutches of governments, led by politicians who love to spend, spend, spend. In Wisconsin, the taxpayers got a small victory. The state supreme court ruled that the state was […]

  • Overstock.com finds one more way to sell less

    Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), the perpetual money-loser run by trust fund baby Patrick Byrne (who doesn’t really have to care if the company’s investors lose all their money), has found another way to sell less. The latest big announcement is that they’ll […]

  • Are School Teachers Overpaid?

    I found a very interesting study on the pay of school teachers, and I think it’s relevant because I’ve been discussing the high pay of the Milwaukee Public School teachers, but the low performance of the district. Take a look […]

  • MPS board members don’t understand basic business principles

    Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran another story about the Milwaukee Public Schools budget for next year. I’ve pointed out recently that MPS expects a drop in enrollment of almost 5%. Yet spending is going up 1.5%. That’s a gap […]

  • Barack Obama wants change?

    Then I suggest he start right in his own home. Barack Obama was the recipient of one of those “sweetheart” home mortgages that we’ve heard about. An extra good deal on the mortgage with a below market interest rate and […]

  • Red Cross rip-off

    The American Red Cross says this man, who identified himself as James H. Williams, stole $12,000 of debit cards which were meant to go to people who were victims of the June floods in Wisconsin. This picture is him using […]