Tell Your Rep. to Reject McCain's $3.8 Billion Handout to Big Oil!
| Stop Big Oil McCain |  | General Motors announced recently it will close its Janesville plant, costing 2,600 jobs. With $4-a-gallon gas prices cited as the reason, how long will some Wisconsin legislators remain a cheerleader for the failed economic policies of President George Bush and Sen. John McCain? Some Wisconsin legislators have stood arm in arm with Bush and McCain, voting in 2006 for an unconscionable budget giveaway of $5 billion in tax breaks into the profit ledgers of Big Oil. This at a time when big oil companies regularly reported quarterly record profits as high as $7 billion for one company alone. [H.R.4297, Roll Call #135, 5/10/06] Now John McCain has offered a reckless new tax cut for Big Oil--this one for just under $4 billion for the five biggest oil companies. It would also give the 10 biggest health insurance companies $2 billion. Think about that the next time you pay your skyrocketing premiums. Take a second and help our brothers and sisters who are losing their jobs in Janesville! Tell your Representative to start standing up for the people he or she represents and reject the McCain $4 billion Big Oil tax giveaway. |
Help Set the Progressive Agenda!
| Project '09 |  | Your voice is critical as progressives work for a better Wisconsin in 2009 What matters most to you? Please let us know at Project09.org so together we can make certain our leaders hear loud and clear our shared vision for moving Wisconsin forward. Take a moment. Consider the future. And act. What are the top three areas where we need to make progress in Wisconsin in 2009? Visit Project09.org to make your voice on the issues that matter to you! |
McCain's Iraq Tax on Wisconsin
| The Iraq Tax |  | It's time to call the war in Iraq what it is: a massive tax on American families, taxpayers and our children. Here in Wisconsin we have $8.3 billion and many troops into President Bush’s endless war. The Iraq war has entered its 6th year and surpassed the tragic milestone of 4,000 troop deaths, yet U.S. Senator John McCain says he is “fine with” keeping our men and women in Iraq for 100 years.
What good could you do with $8.3 billion? Sign to pledge to fight the Iraq Tax and tell Sen. McCain how you'd rather spend $8.3 billion. |
Tell Your Legislators, "All Cash Matters"
| AllCashMatters.org |  | All Children Matter, the pro-private school vouchers group was slapped recently with a $5.6 million fine for violating election rules in Ohio. Here in Wisconsin, All Children Matter are under investigation for violating our election laws.
All Children Matter donors have flooded Wisconsin with campaign donations. Call on your state legislator to return the contributions from All Children Matter affiliates and get rid of the questionable money. |
Thank David Wittwer, CEO of TDS Metrocom for Resigning from the WMC Board
| Tell Your Legislators "All Cash Matters!" |  | David Wittwer, CEO of TDS Metrocom, resigned this week from the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Board. His resignation comes at the same time WMC aired attack ads against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler that attempted to portray him as "soft on crime" using scare tactics and gross distortion of the facts. This is your opportunity to applaud Wittwer’s actions by sending him a thank-you today. |
Tell Mike Gableman to Pull His Race-Baiting Ad
| Write the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |  | The Associated Press called it a "Willie Horton's-style ad." The Wisconsin Judicial Integrity Committee called it a "disgraceful attack." Even right wing talker Charlie Sykes said the ad's charge was "completely unfounded." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel weighed in on the controversy, criticizing the ad and asking readers to send their thoughts to the newspaper. If you're outraged by Gableman's race-baiting ad, you can use OWN's Letter to the Editor generator to express your criticism. It only takes a second to lend your voice, and the letter you write will be automatically delivered to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. |
Be A WMC Watcher
| Sign up to be a WMC Watcher |  | The Institute for One Wisconsin recently launched WMCWatch.org, a new online warehouse of information about Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state's largest corporate lobby. Sign up today to be a WMC Watcher, and help WMC Watch track WMC's pro-corporate agenda. |
Vote for this month's frOWN and renOWN
| Vote for the frOWN & renOWN |  | Each month the OWN community nominates three individuals, organizations, or groups for their work in the community. Doing the right thing - organizing a charity drive, moving forward progressive policy or standing up for our rights - will earn a renOWN. ...while misguided priorities will nab a frOWN. Cast your vote here and nominate someone in your community for a frOWN or renOWN. |
Tell Your Legislators to Bring Back the Estate Tax
| Write Your Legislators |  | Earlier this year, state officials announced a budget shortfall of more than $300 million. Within hours, debate began on which programs to the poor, disabled, elderly, and even funds for educating our children and university students would be slashed. We think there's a better solution: dumping the new $300 million tax break that began this year to the heirs and heiresses of Wisconsin largest fortunes. Sign OWN's letter and tell state leaders to dump this new tax break for the wealthy. |
Watch OWN's "Sounds of Consolidation" Video
| Watch the Video |  | George Bush's hand-picked FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is trying to ram through new rules which would open up markets across the country to futher corporate consolidation. What does that mean for Wisconsin? Fewer local voices, less local programming, and less accountability for people making decisions about our news. Watch OWN's "Sounds of Consolidation" video to hear how this corporate take-over of our local media would sound. |
