Wisconsin Republicans
by Jasmin Varela
Wisconsin Republicans
by Jasmin Varela
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Wisconsin, or Badger State as its as referred to by its nickname, of the
Unites States of America is one of north central states, it is situated
between Lake Michigan to the east and the upper Mississippi River on the
west. On the north it touches the western portion of Lake Superior
and the upper Peninsula of Michigan. Minnesota and Iowa lie to the
west and southwest , respectively, and on the south is Illinois.
The area is 56,153 sq. miles. The name Wisconsin is an anglicized
version of a French rendering of an Indian name said to mean “the place
where we live.” The state became the 30th member of the Union on
May 29,1848. That same year Madison the territorial capital from
1836, became the state capitol and home of the University of Wisconsin,
its 4,906,745 population ranked 16th in 1990 census.
The economy of Wisconsin is diversified, with individual elements spread generally throughout the state, though is three major facets have specific regions of concentration. Its southeastern industrial belt extending across the state line along Lake Michigan from the Chicago area to and beyond Milwaukee, the states largest city, is the primary factor in making Wisconsin one of the largest manufacturing states in the nation. A combination of favorable physical factors of climate soil, and topography makes possible a dairy agriculture that allows Wisconsin to be the first in the nation in the production of milk, cheese, and butter. The sparsely settled, north evergreen hardwood forest and lake county hosts tourist and recreational activity. The platform of the Republican Party of Wisconsin is a positive action plan, an empowerment agenda for all Wisconsin citizens. Proud to serve, ready to lead, they offer a platform rooted in reform, committed to caring, and alive with ideas. Under Republican leadership, Wisconsin has been a leader in cutting taxes, creating jobs, replacing welfare with a work check, improving education, getting tough on crime and working to improve the quality of life of all Wisconsin residents, their unemployment rate of 3% is the lowest in the nation. Wisconsin Republicans share the central belief that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are alienable rights of all people, and that the powers of government flow from the people of Wisconsin. The party advocates eliminating the Federal Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction through an amendment. They encourage policies that foster strong families and condemn policies that destroy families. They maintain that fathers and mothers have leading responsibilities of the care, education, and discipline of their children. They also urge government to recognize traditional marriage as an essential element in the foundation of a healthy society, considering that if same sex marriage is legalized, marriage between men and women will be undermined and support the immediate elimination of a “Marriage Penalty” tax at a federal level. Parents, they feel should be given absolute rights to choose where their children go to school through comprehensive School Choice Plan, in order to provide the parents with school options and met children’s educational needs. To help parents make their choice and improve school accountability, they advocate performance testing for teachers and students of public schools. They urge Wisconsin’s education system to teach traditional values and oppose school based clinics that give abortion and sex counseling and use tax dollars for contraceptives. They call upon the government for support and freedom of religion and an end towards hostility of the faithful and applaud recent Supreme Court decisions in allowing students-initiated voluntary school prayer and religious, spiritual, and moral development. For the first time in the modern history of Wisconsin, property taxes are being cut without raising other taxes, cuts in income tax, inheritance tax, gift tax, capital gains tax, and farm tax. An average of 11.5% cut in property tax alone. Led by Governor Tommy G. Thompson, “The Thompson Revolution”, stands ready to lead a progressive movement, going “forward” as implied by the State motto, is dedicated to limited government, free enterprise, equal opportunity, and the primacy of the families in Wisconsin, into the 21st Century. The party calls for 50% reduction of the IRS budget by the year 2001. Wisconsin Republicans also call for universal access to heath care, and oppose efforts to establish a government-mandated, nationalized health care policy. They oppose the expansion of Medicaid and Medicare programs. A government-run monopoly, they feel would hinder innovation, decrease quality and cost private sector economy thousands of jobs. The state and federal government should provide self-employed workers and farmers the same tax treatment as corporations by allowing 100% deduction of health care costs from their taxes. They strongly protect worthy tax exempt property such as schools and places of worship from any user-fee assessments. The party considers that the Social Security participants should be permitted to decide how their funds are to be invested, as is done with IRA’s. The party also seeks protection for all human beings, from conception until natural death, making adoption a positive viable option for birth parents; a constitutional right for the life of the unborn. The Wisconsin Republicans call for controlled punishment for criminals in order to protect families and businesses. They support the right of Wisconsin to determine its own prison capacity, truth-in-sentencing, reinstatement of the death penalty for major offenses, and the abolition of parole and call for mandatory education standards in order to be released from prison. They support defraying the private operation of prisons and encourage public contributions for the cause, urging community leaders and elected officials to continue the “war on drugs” and to take the necessary steps to imprison dealers and treat users. The party also urges that men and women complete basic military service separately and live in separate quarters, and that homosexuals be prohibited from service. They support a strong national defense and increases in personnel and weaponry to bolster the ability to defend our country and its allies. Wisconsin Republicans support viable recycling programs and urge full participation by the citizens of our state. They encourage conservation as the vest way to reduce energy consumption, increase economic efficiency and promote environmental protection, and tax incentives for preservation of wetlands, particularly farmers and landowners. The party believes that political resolutions of the people of Wisconsin, from the people, be treated as what they are -grassroots involvement. They demand that resolutions be given high priority and value, and that they be followed through and reported to the membership. They stand in opposition of tax money for political campaigns, request an internet disclosure of all campaign finances of each candidate for state and federal offices, and object that political fundraising monies of unions be solicited separately from union fees.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN CONSTITUTION:
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