Thompson Says Vote NO on the Amendment
Well, not Tommy Thompson.
But the one who fights to defend personal liberties in Wisconsin says to vote NO on the Amendment.
Former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Ed Thompson, brother of Tommy Thompson, received more votes for a third party candidate than anyone else has since 1942, over 180,000 votes.
Last night he spoke in Madison, refering to the proposed constitutional amendment as part of the "incredible hatred and bias that is ruining our country." Check out the Capital Times Story.
Well spoken, Ed.
(Now if I can just get you to relook at that endorsement of Dave Magnum. You say you support him for "fiscal" reasons. I don't think your libertarian perspective includes all the corporate and special interest tax breaks and subsidies Magnum supports, which ADD to the tax burden for people like you and me, rather than making a system more fair and with less overall burden. Besides that he's a borderline bigot, taking full advantage of the hype around gay marriage and immigrants. And will Magnum support your (and my) efforts for legalized medical marijuana? I'm guessing not. Are his values really your values? Thanks again for your speech though last night.)
posted by Mark Pocan @ 12:11 PM
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2 years ago Magnum told me he strongly supported medical marijuana, which had helped his wife in her cancer battle. He also expressed support for agricultural uses of hemp.
There's no need to paint him as a winger, he's losing anyway.
I think the whole tax issue needs to be revamped. As an ex-CEO I hate corporate greed, but on this one I suggest a rethinking of the problem. Globalization has changed the playing field. When corporations are taxed they add those taxes to the price of their product and the consumers repay them at the cash register. All while making US corporations less competitive and sending jobs overseas. So corporate taxes are in effect regressive (but so are CEO salaries). Here's more on the idea.
www.throwtherascalsout.org/taxes.htm
Jack Lohman
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