Former Wisconsin GOP State Senator Randy "family values" Hooper (2008-2011) happens to be one of those 89 977 millionaires.In Wisconsin, it's teachers vs. millionaires
MARCH 4, 2011
When Wisconsin Republicans and their enablers yell about the need to cut the pay of average public employees to balance the state budget, they leave out some very inconvenient and illuminating facts .....
Number of teachers in Wisconsin: 59,552
Number of millionaires in Wisconsin: 89,977
Yes, it's amazing, but true: Wisconsin by far has more millionaires than school teachers. Suffice to say, the two categories do not appreciably overlap.
Average Wisconsin teacher salary: $46,390 (US rank: 28th among all states)
Typical wage cut faced by a Wisconsin school teacher if Gov. Scott Walker's non- negotiable give-backs are enacted: $5,567 to 6,958 per year (based on net total compensation reduction caused by Walker's plan).
Continuing average income boost for millionaires in Wisconsin and elsewhere, thanks to the recent extension of 2001 Bush-era federal tax cuts: Approximately $100,000 per year.
..... If the State of Wisconsin increased taxes on resident millionaires to take back just one-twentieth of the extra money they've been keeping in their pockets thanks to the Bush tax cuts, that would totally wipe out the need to slash teacher salaries under Walker's scheme.
Totally.
In Wisconsin, it's teachers vs. millionaires - Ron Legro - Open Salon
Hooper owns a $600 000 home in Fond du Lac, employs a family maid, and 3 businesses - including 2 radio stations that broadcast automated programing from Fox News Radio.
Former Senator "Randy" also maintains a second residence in Madison, that he shares with his 25 year old girlfriend (20 years his junior) who, as of February 2011, was awarded the position of a "communication's specialist" by the current Wisconsin GOP Governor. Her "communication skills" were so "special" that, not only did she obtain the job, with an additional $11 128 raise (admidst GOP announcements of proposed civil service/teacher salary cutbacks), she did it without having ever formally applying for the position.
This millionaire who recently voted to strip the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin's teachers and civil servants, paid state income tax once in the period between 1997-2008. For the 3 businesses that he owned, Hooper managed to pay no net income tax during the same period.
Randy Hopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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