GOP Credibility Gap

Now don’t look too surprised, but the Wisconsin GOP has no credibility whatsoever. For the last 2 days since Governor Doyle launched his “Affordability Agenda” for Wisconsin, every Republican in the Capitol has complained about the “cost”. To them, everything is about the “cost”, even if there isn’t much of one. Of course, they only complain about costs that aren't the ones they create with a new big business tax break, give-a-way for the wealthy or any other way to serve their corporate masters.

Well, it didn’t even take a full 48 hours for the Republicans in the Assembly to show their total lack of credibility. This morning, freshman Republican Terry Moulton of the Eau Claire area sent a co-sponsorship memo for a new tax credit for information technology equipment for health care providers. But don’t worry, the amount of the credit for special interests is capped at $10 million annually.

And, today the Republican leadership in the Assembly scheduled Rep. Scott Jensen’s education tax credit for businesses bill for a full assembly vote next week. That bill costs state taxpayers an estimated $20 million annually when fully implemented.

Do they really know how to take care of the wealthy in Wisconsin or what!

But Governor Doyle, who wants to come up with some bucks to help middle class families pay for their record high heating bills and find ways to attract high tech businesses that deal with stem cell research to Wisconsin, he’s a big spender. What’s the total for his entire “Affordability Agenda” for the current budget? About $6-10 million.

GOP Credibility? Sorry, ain’t got none.