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MADISON, Wis. – Russ Feingold has campaigned for U.S. Senate on the slogan he is “listening to Wisconsin.”

 

But a review of federal campaign finance reports would suggest out-of-state contributors — particularly Hollywood glitterati, left-wing activists and national unions — have Feingold’s ear.

 

Big labor in particular has spent big money on the Middleton liberal in his bid to take back the seat he lost to conservative Sen. Ron Johnson in 2010.

 

Public sector unions contributed at least $42,800 to Feingold’s campaign, Russ for Wisconsin, in 2015, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

 

Feingold was second only to ultra-liberal Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who took in $50,200 over the period.Scissors-32x32.png


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SrWoodchuck

Sweet @Geee! I can only hope it is wasted money. We REALLY need to keep the House & Senate populated with conservatives...regardless of who wins, but especially if Killary becomes pResident.

 

BTW: I notice the unions pushing the $15 minimum wage, but asking for waivers for certain groups. They can't push their extinction fast enough for me. Once a useful tool, when "Management" had no scruples...it's now, only a political tool of Progressives, who wield power like a double-edged sword, cutting workers & management alike & electing parasites that drain the Treasury. JMO

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My Senator- Ron Johnson is in trouble here because Feingold is rolling in dough. It is a shame because he is a Teaparty senator and one of the ones who has stayed true to his election promises. He is the one in fact who Hillarys was yelling at when she yelled her "What difference does it make" melodrama line.

 

In reference to your comment about the minimum wage, I found this comment from a friend of my sons on FB interesting. I really don't know what in fact this young lady does, but it does not sound like she might be a EMT:

 

 

Scenario today: go to Mcdonalds. Order a burger with no ketchup, large Coke. Get to window, get a small Coke. Told them it was a large. Burger handed out and large Coke. Drive down the read, Allie says mom I asked for no ketchup on burger. Took a drink of my coke and it's a diet. They want 15$ an hour.
My profession: 911 call for chest pain. Arrive at house find pt having a massive heart attack. Decide appropriate hospital for pt, split second decide on what drugs to give. Push wrong drug, pt dies. No taking it back. No do overs. Make 11$ an hour.
I see something terrible wrong with this.
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You wonder how these guys have no job but government but end up rolling in it? This is from Fiengolds Wiki page:

 

 

 

In February 2011, Feingold formed Progressives United, a Political Action Committee, and an affiliated nonprofit entity called Progressives United Inc.[2] The stated aim of Progressives United was "directly and indirectly supporting candidates who stand up for our progressive ideals."[88] From 2011 to 2015, the two groups raised and spent $10 million. Nearly half of the $7.1 million that the Progressives United PAC spent went to raising more money for itself. The PAC donated just $352,008, or 5% of its income, to federal candidates and political parties, with most of the rest of the budget going to overhead, including salaries or consulting fees for Feingold, his top aide and eight former staffers.[89] Feingold received $77,000 from the two groups, including $42,609 to buy hundreds of hardcover and leather-bound copies of his book, While America Sleeps. Progressives United Inc. shut down in late 2014, and the Progressives United PAC suspended its fundraising activities in May 2015 in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict with his run for the U.S. Senate.[90][91][92]

He also has had a position with the State Deprtment since his Senate defeat as some kind of representative to the Congo and also share something in common with Trump - he is now on his third marriage.

 

I laugh at his commercials now running where he says he is so interested in what you think and is traveling the State to get in touch with the people. We ran in to him at the airport one time. He would not make eye contact with anyone and went through a door marked "authorized personnel only" - so he wouldn't have to mingle with us common folk.

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SrWoodchuck

Sweet @Geee!

 

Obviously Feingold follows the Killary principle of constituent meet-and-greet: You must first be vetted, fleeced, educated & staged, in order to have your "candid" dialogue. All others need not apply.

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SrWoodchuck

Sweet @Geee! When I met Sweet E, she had 7 years with her retail grocer. She was making a pretty good wage back then. Certainly enough to buy a car or make house payments. Then, starting in the 1980's, her union developed a hard line stance with management for every round of contract talks. Prior to this, management offered generous increases in pay [$.75 to $1.50 bumps] Instead of improving & keeping a "living" wage, she had to take a $ 2+ an hour drop in pay. After that, increases were anywhere from [$.05 to $.25 bumps] The workers never caught up. Management has slowly eroded her benefits each contract as well. Most of the people she works with, will never be full-time 40 hours. Some retire as part timers, with 20-32 hours a week. Quite a few need two jobs to survive. If my hardwood floor business would have not gone down, Sweet E would be retired now. The result is a workforce that hurries from one job to the next...neither job paying that living wage...and in the end...never getting a decent pension.

 

$15.00 an hour is an excuse for business to turn to robotics...which is OK if you fix robotics. The US does not really produce goods that the world can't get cheaper elsewhere. It has services, but even those are being outsourced to India & Pakistan. Try getting computer help under your service contract...with that helper living in the US. Crony capitalism is a large part of the problem. I mean that government is colluding with business & professional politicians, to control the workplace. Much of this election cycle on both sides is a result of push-back.

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Sweet @Geee! When I met Sweet E, she had 7 years with her retail grocer. She was making a pretty good wage back then. Certainly enough to buy a car or make house payments. Then, starting in the 1980's, her union developed a hard line stance with management for every round of contract talks. Prior to this, management offered generous increases in pay [$.75 to $1.50 bumps] Instead of improving & keeping a "living" wage, she had to take a $ 2+ an hour drop in pay. After that, increases were anywhere from [$.05 to $.25 bumps] The workers never caught up. Management has slowly eroded her benefits each contract as well. Most of the people she works with, will never be full-time 40 hours. Some retire as part timers, with 20-32 hours a week. Quite a few need two jobs to survive. If my hardwood floor business would have not gone down, Sweet E would be retired now. The result is a workforce that hurries from one job to the next...neither job paying that living wage...and in the end...never getting a decent pension.

 

$15.00 an hour is an excuse for business to turn to robotics...which is OK if you fix robotics. The US does not really produce goods that the world can't get cheaper elsewhere. It has services, but even those are being outsourced to India & Pakistan. Try getting computer help under your service contract...with that helper living in the US. Crony capitalism is a large part of the problem. I mean that government is colluding with business & professional politicians, to control the workplace. Much of this election cycle on both sides is a result of push-back.

 

 

 

I think a lot of the good old service trade jobs are pretty good nowadays. You can't outsource a plumberwink.png

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Feingold Campaign Vendors Paid Former Senator’s Defunct PAC $50K for Fundraising Lists

 

Vendors on the campaign payroll of Russ Feingold, the former Democratic senator from Wisconsin who is running again in an attempt to unseat Sen. Ron Johnson (R.), paid the political action committee launched by Feingold nearly $50,000 after the PAC claimed it ceased operations.

 

The Progressives United PAC, founded by Feingold after his defeat in 2010, said it was established to “[e]mpower Americans to stand up against the exploding corporate influence in our elections” and to directly and indirectly “support candidates who stand up for our progressive ideals.”

 

The group announced in May 2015 it was officially suspending its operations so it did not appear to be a “conflict of interest” as Feingold attempted his political comeback.

 

The group still appears to be active, however, as direct mail and digital vendors who work for Feingold’s campaign have paid tens of thousands to the PAC for fundraising list rentals after the group had supposedly halted all activities.

 

Nexus Direct, a Virginia-based mail production management company, has received $625,000 from Russ for Wisconsin for direct mail services since the inception of the campaign, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

 

The company paid Feingold’s PAC more than $20,000 in the past year to rent its lists.Scissors-32x32.png

 

http://freebeacon.com/politics/feingold-campaign-vendors-paid-former-senators-pac-50k-fundraising-lists/

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