UPDATE - Today's (3/9) Gazette announces that the Gateway Technical College board is seeking applicants for APPOINTMENT (NOT ELECTION) to serve on that technical college board. See http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/O.... I make this note to underscore that while my BLOG POST focused on our Blackhawk Technical College district, the REALITY is that this is a system of TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION throughout WISCONSIN. I shout again, "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!" Where are the modern patriots? John

"Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as Chattel."-Ayn Rand (Chattel means "slave")

"We have the rights as individuals to give as much of our own money as we please to charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of public money."- David Crockett Congressman(1827-1835)

You complain of "No Taxation Without Representation" but yet you want Reconciliation on Health Care Mr. E..how hypocritical...a tax is a tax no matter how you word it or try to force on the American People you crazy Progressive!

"a HUGE tax cut for those that do not need it"
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Here we go again with liberals deciding other people have money they don't need.

Whythink, during your time, on your high perch deciding what others have is too much, did you give back your portion of the Bush tax cuts? Yeah, I didn't think so...

Typical liberal; always saying others have too much, others can afford a tax increase...while never giving more to the government than law requires; did someone say hypocrite.

Off Subject.....

Welcome Back DiGriz! ! ! And Thank You For Serving! ! !

How about the combo. of a HUGE tax cut for those that do not need it and 2 war fronts?

DiGriz
Mar 6, 2010 at 7:54 a.m.
Suggest removal Universal Health Care rammed down our throats is taxation without representation. Something John is for....
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Go figure.
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So the ELECTION November 2008 meant NOTHING?
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Where was all this anger when we engaged in two wars while cutting taxes for the SuperRich causing the surplus to become a HUGE DEFECIT?

NVgrf if you can't find your answers written on her hand please be sure to check Senator Feinstein's.

I will be in Searchlight, Nevada to welcome Sarah to the birthplace of Harry Reid on March 27. I hope she has lots written on her hand.

Funny that some on the left are now using a quote by Dick Chenney of all people to defend massive deficits now. Ever think that both sides might be dead wrong, and that they really do matter? They may not matter at the moment, but just wait. There is no exit strategy to these deficits, and it will eventually destroy the country.
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Dr Griz: I thought that was funny myself. Just shows that many are for something when it BENEFITS THEM. No doubt this guy would get something out of the health care bill, and it has nothing at all do do with any core beliefs he holds, if he even does. Either that, or he simply wrote that piece for reaction, and did not believe a word of it. Either way; the guy is just a big phony. One can spot phonies like this a mile away. He really SHOULD run for office. He would fit in the system PERFECT!

I thought I saw the tea baggers today on Milton Ave, but it was a lady from Liberty Tax Service walking up and down the street dressed as the Statue of Liberty.

Excuse me Minan..........I DO NOT support the Republican party or the Democratic Party or any political party for that matter. I feel this country has been lied to stolen from and manipulated by both parties. It is time for a change and I'm NOT typing about Obama's change either.
And futurerichguy I would try to explain what the T.E.A. party movement is to you but I don't think would be able to comprehend what I was trying to tell you. Thank goodness there are fifth graders smarter than you. We are not tea bagging... it is a T.E.A. Party.

Taxed Enough Already. Now go in the corner and put on your dunce hat and be quiet!!

By the way folks, the changes in the rules regarding reconciliation in the senate were made when the republics were controlling all three houses and wanted to ram through the tax cuts that drove the federal deficits to Regan era highs. Cheney himself said "Defecits don't matter.". So the stink being raised at this point rings a bit hollow.

I find it interesting that you get on your soap box about this issue, yet you have no problem with our "representatives" ram rodding a massive entitlement program like health care through using the sham of "reconciliation", which will mean that the bill will not be presented to the people or debated in an open forum. What kind of "representation" is that? Nevermind though, when it's a liberal spending program you agree with, then you see things differently I guess.

DiGriz, what about tea-bags being rammed down your throat? Is that "Taxation without Representation"?

fschultz - the appointed UW Board of Regents does not have the authority to levy taxes, to my knowledge.
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The elected Rock County Supervisors appointing the BTC board is a poor comparison to electing the BTC by the voting public. The DNR board is also appointed by an elected official (governor), but the DNR board members do have the authority to levy taxes. (Thank goodness)

I am tired of talking about it. Action is the only thing that our deaf eared supposed leaders understand.

Music, if you believe in what that article you posted said then I have a nice bridge to sell you. Progressives are the root of this country's problems and only want big government, tax us to death and to run everything.
Why don't you go back and read our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and the book The 5,000 Year Leap you might learn a few things.
Great Article John and Kiowamohican you are right on with what you said.

The whole reason this country went to war with Britain (taxation without representation) is LONG LOST. Ever since the passing of the 16th amendment the country has moved far far away from the path the founding fathers set out. The country operated just fine for 122 years with no income tax, and then the progressives managed to destroy everything with the passing of legalized theft, and social engineering; via a massive central authority to seized wealth. At the time of the 16th amendment passing it was said that the top income bracket would NEVER exceed 10% (the "common" mans tax was a mere 1%). It only took the debacle of getting into the stupidest war ever (WWI) to make those rates fly up over 80% in the top bracket, and put country on a path for inevitable ruin via Mafia/Government rule.
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The Federal governmnet has become nothing more then a huge Organized Crime family. Very similar to the Gambino's, Colombo's, Lucchese's, Genovese's who ran all of NY/NJ. Where the power structure is ruthless, corrupt as can be, and in order to operate on their turf, you must pay the piper. Really not much different in what you have in today's Federal Government. It's really a shame the country has fallen so far from it's noble visions set out by the founding fathers. Eventually we will fade away into the history books, like so many other great civilizations have as the state became way to big, greedy, corrupt, reckless, and arrogant.

BradyKohl, please be gentle when we discuss the injustice of taking grandma's trailer when she dead.

chainsawchuckie, I've never tea-bagged. Is it pleasurable, or should I brace myself for pain? Please be gentle.

On a side note here....I hope Mr. Eyster's passion on this topic does not rekindle any dormant thoughts along the lines of his alarming rant on the Stan Milam show a while back.

Two points here; 1. I absolutely agree there should be no taxation without representation.

2. If Duchess is really the president of BTC, one only needs to read his past posts to be very concerned but at least thankful that he is retiring.

All are welcome to join us "The Rock Patriots"

T.E.A. (Taxed. Enough. Already.) Party in front of the Janesville post office on Saturday 03-06-10 Noon till 3 p.m. Come and join us for good company and learn what T.E.A. parties are about. Doesn't matter if your a Dem. or Rep. or what ever. It is time to wake up the sleepy people of this country and tell Washington "YOU WORK FOR US AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

Don't Be Tardy To The Party!!!!

Perhaps Marienburg1274 should read the the following article; won't see it the Gazette.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/...

Just the tip of the iceberg that politicians represent. Teddy Roosevelt once said "When they call roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "present" or "not guilty"" That was over a hundred years ago. Times I'm afraid haven't changed. The Golden rule applies. Sorry John.

A UW extension professor criticizing local technical colleges in a sanctioned blog? Sounds like a conflict of interest to me.

You guys want to talk about no representation? here in Madison, the Regents of the UW are going after the Brothers Bars, by using eminant domain, in others words they are stealing someones buisness for the public good, guess what is being put there, a music school, yea that is for the publics good, welcome to the real world, wherer the rich can leagaslly screw you, and it is perfectly legal

Saturday from 12noon-3pm The Rock (Taxed Enough Already)
TEA party will be in front of the Post Office..
Its time we hold their feet to the fire and stop all abuses of our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Local,State and Federal.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Don't be Tardy to The Party

I agree with John. Maybe it's time to start holding elected county board members accountable for their positions. Let's hope they're neither sleeping, nor mentally engaged or absent. Lack of action is no way to run a government "by the people."

Given all of your other “government knows best” positions, is it correct to assume, John, that if the BTC Board was elected, and raised taxes by the same amount or greater, that would be just fine with you?

Your side-swipe of Congressman Ryan yesterday was pitiful and nothing more than a bald-faced aspersion. I thought you were opposed to such baseless and thoughtless and politically driven comments like yours of yesterday? You did prove one thing, however: you do not know the Congressman. I challenge you to find a more sincere, thoughtful, dedicated, and honest elected official.

John: I am the president of BTC and I have no idea what you are referring to in paragrapg 8 where you speak of me behaving as "The Hulk". For the record, the current budget of BTC (2009-2010) was approved with a .6% increase in taxes. I fully recognize that to be unacceptable to you because the Board is appointed. BTC was second only to Nicolet with a -.4% increase. I think the appointed Boards of the Technical Colleges are doing much better as custodians of public dollars than the elected legislators in Madison.

John, I'm not venturing an opinion here, but I want to point out that the UW Board of Regents is appointed, too.
And, the BTC Board is appointed by elected officials -- the county board chairmen (Have we ever had a county board woman? I can' recall one) do the appointing. Maybe the appointment of BTC Board members should be an issue when we elect county board members. Just sayin.

Hey, something all Americans can agree on!