Phosphate madness comes to Wisconsin?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 10:59 PM  | 

Like Lakeshore Laments, back in April I commented on the fairly obvious results of banning phosphates in Washington state (here and here): short version is, you end up with people driving out of state to get products that work and snarky conservatives pointing out to libertarians that elections have consequences. Well, guess that we’ll have to do that again: only this time, it’ll involve people | Read More »

Democrats in Wisconsin trying to extend, bloat cell phone tax.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 2nd at 08:12 AM  | 

There are merely taxes that people pay attention to, and then there are taxes that people forget about. And once they forget about them, the government can safely and quietly make them permanent. Wisconsin’s cell phone tax is a case in point: In 2003, the state created the cell phone tax to upgrade 911 response services. When the upgrade was done, it left a balance | Read More »