Republican Outreach: See interview on the Diversity Television Network
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1yfeHbKMlU
Comment by Troy Shaw on YouTube: “David Karst is the Chairman of the Republican Party of Milwaukee County.. I had a conversation with him in regards to the party outreach campaign.”
West Allis/WM branch meeting on Thu May 23
at 7:00 pm at the RPMC Office 1488 S. 84th St.
Stop in and let’s talk some politics!
Milw South branch meeting on Thu June 6
at Joe’s K Ranch in Cudahy
with Sen. Leah Vukmir, State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo and Cty. Supervisor Deanna Alexander
Milw North at Juneteenth Day Festival on Wed June 19
Raffling off a power washer!
9am – 6pm
between West Burleigh Street and West Center Street on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
More details to come
Stephen Colbert gets to know Wisconsin’s 4th district’s Rep. Gwen Moore (VIDEO)
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert’s “Better Know a District” segment takes him to an exploration of the land of Harley-Davidson and the Milwaukee Brewers, represented by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
by Sean Sullivan at The Fix
A Christian Alternative to Health Insurance
Exempt from regulation, taxation, and the individual mandate, Christian collectives called health care sharing ministries are paying for the care of their neediest members — if they approve of the morality of their needs.
In 2006, Ray Carman’s health insurance jumped from $600 to $1,000 a month. The reason? His first daughter was born five weeks premature. Though there were no complications during her birth, his daughter was dubbed “high risk” by his insurance company.
Carman, who is a real estate agent and auctioneer in Lafayette, TN, said the costs were simply too high. He began looking for alternatives.
A friend recommended he join a Christian health care sharing plan, a nonprofit in which members pay for each other’s medical costs by agreeing to contribute a donation every month. After some research, he joined an organization called Medi-Share.
Read more by Kimberly Leonard at TheAtlantic.com
State-controlled prices result in shortages of toilet paper in Venezueala
First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities – toilet paper.
Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the government says it will import 50m rolls to boost supplies.
That was little comfort to consumers struggling to find toilet paper on Wednesday.
Read more by Guardian.co.uk
Courtney: No rest for GOP this year despite break in state’s string of elections
In the past 30 months, Republican activists have been through a GOP wave in 2010, the protests over the guv’s collective bargaining changes and ensuing recall elections in 2011, another round of recalls the following year, and a presidential election.
State GOP Chair Brad Courtney acknowledges many of them are likely tired after that tumultuous ride. But he says they also know there’s another election around the corner.
“We’re not using 2013 to rest,” Courtney said in a new WisPolitics.com interview. “We’re getting ready for next year.”
Read more at WisPolitics.com
Fixing the US Health Care System: Look To Singapore
Imagine going to the doctor with the flu and paying $30 for the visit and $10 for the medicine with no further medical bill. Now imagine going to the doctor and finding out you have cancer. You have enough money in the bank to deal with such a medical emergency and whatever you can’t cover, the federal government will pick up. All citizens of the country in these scenarios have the same deal and the government only spends 4 percent of GDP on health care. Sound impossible? Welcome to Singapore.
Touting arguably the best health care system in the world and a per capita income higher than America, Singapore is the answer economists have no doubt been shouting at their televisions during every health care debate the last eight years. The Singapore health care system presents an ideal blend of left and right ideas on health care and still manages to be more free-market than U.S. health care has been since prior to the “New Deal.” Due to the creation of Medicare in 1965, the federal government has been spending more each year on health care; which has brought us to a current rate of 17 percent of GDP on health care.
Read more by Breeanne Howe at FreedomWorks