Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An important thing too is that Walkers backing came largely from out of state contributors. People who do not live in Wisconsin and really have no interest in what Wisconsin's government does aside from a general desire to destroy the power of working people in the USA. I think it should be illegal for a politician to take contributions from any person who does not live in his district (for congressmen) or state (for senators or governors). -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 3/13/11 11:35 PM, "Keith Wessel" <keith at wesselphoto.com> wrote: > Many voters are like sheep. They follow a pack. Although not totally new > to > our system, the US Supreme Court recently held there is no limit to what a > corporation can spend to influence elections. > > One of the central issues in Wisconsin is that a governor, bought with > expensive advertising, is trying to destroy Unions which present an > organized and financed opposition to the corporations. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+keith=wesselphoto.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+keith=wesselphoto.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Jayanand Govindaraj > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:59 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: check out Keith Wessel's photographs > > Sonny, > In that case, why do you elect them? Surely a majority of the population > who > took the trouble to vote wants them in office? Isn't that what a democracy > is about? > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >> gmail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> George, >>> You take a loan (in the USA a municipal bond) to build a school (it is > an >>> asset, not an expense), >>> >> >> >> Yeah, yeah we get it, but the politicians don't. They are cutting taxes >> that would have gone to pay for existing schools. Then saying we are >> broke. >> Then laying off teachers. Then closing schools, Then overcrowding >> schools, >> then we still have to pay the bonds on the schools that are closed with >> money we don't have because they cut taxes. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information