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Wisconsin

mokawanis

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4. Why didn't we think of that?

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 11:48 AM

Mar 2014

Perhaps gerrymandering comes into play here, and the fact that candidates like Walker get obscene amounts of money from the Koch brothers and other wealthy people who can't abide the idea of a level playing field in WI politics.

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Wisconsin income gap widening faster than nation as a whole [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

If they do not like those percentages the populous should elect people that don't represent the 1% lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #1

Great idea, genius. Ed Suspicious Mar 2014 #2

Aw, crap. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #3

Why didn't we think of that? mokawanis Mar 2014 #4

Or as Scott Walker says, "It's working." Scuba Mar 2014 #5

Every time I read something like this I want to cry ladym55 Mar 2014 #6

And that is by design. AllyCat Mar 2014 #7