St. Louis is gonna be a blast.

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This has been posted before but deserves a re-post. It is from David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D. Professor of Economics 536 Brooks Hall University of Georgia.

Tax Cuts Explained

Let's put tax cuts in terms that everyone can understand. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

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A Cowboy sitting in a saloon one Saturday night, he recognized an elderly man standing at the bar who, in his day, had the reputation of being the fastest gun in the West. The young cowboy took a place next to the old-timer, bought him a drink and told him the story of his great ambition. 'Do you think you could give me some tips?' he asked.

The old man looked him up and down and said, 'Well, for one thing, you're wearing your gun too high. Tie the holster a little lower down on your leg.'

'Will that make me a better gunfighter?' asked the young man.

'Sure will,' replied the old-timer.

The young man did as he was told, stood up, whipped out his 44 and shot the bow tie off the piano player. 'That's terrific!' said the hot shot.. 'Got any more tips for me?'

'Yep,' said the old man. 'Cut a notch out of your holster where the hammer hits it. That'll give you a smoother draw'.

'Will that make me a better gunfighter?' asked the younger man.

'You bet it will, ' said the old-timer.

The young man took out his knife, cut the notch, stood up, drew his gun in a blur, and then shot a cuff-link off the piano player. 'Wow!' exclaimed the cowboy 'I'm learnin' somethin' here. Got any more tips?'

The old man pointed to a large can in a corner. 'See that axle grease over there? Coat your gun with it.' The young man went over to the can and smeared some of the grease on the barrel of his gun. 'No,' said the old-timer, 'I mean smear it all over the gun, handle and all.'

'Will that make me a better gunfighter?' asked the young man.

'No,' said the old-timer, 'but when Wyatt Earp gets done playing the piano, he's gonna shove that gun up your ass, and it won't hurt near as much.'

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I think the Republicans did just about everything they could have to win this seat for the incumbent, Prosser, but the union money that was poured into this race will prove to be too much to overcome. Right now, Prosser holds an 800 vote lead, with 99% reporting, but does anyone honestly expect this to hold up? Dane County has one precinct left, and that county broke 73-27 for Kloppenburg. Milwaukee has a couple of precincts left, but that didn't break as hard for Kloppenburg as I had expected.

So who learns a lesson from this? I know my beliefs are confirmed, and I really am not taking any new lessons from this election. Prosser has been on the court for 10 years now, and was elected comfortably the last time. What has changed, to cause him to be unseated? A decision by the elected GOP governor to reign in spending, and to provide some assurances that those changes would stick. I am referring to the collective bargaining aspect of this election cycle, specifically Walker's attempt to take that away from public sector unions, not including fire and police. They shouldn't have them in the first place, but Wisconsin is the birthplace of collective bargaining (so I'm told). 

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Written by a very smart person, Geoff. He knows his stuff, so take this post to the bank.  Link it, send it, but most important of all READ IT! Here's a taste:

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