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Senator Steve Nass |
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11th Senate District |
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April 10, 2015 |
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"March dust to be
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Worth ransom of
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Sweet April
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| Do spring May
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| Thomas Tusser |
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UW-Madison Uses Tuition Increase to Mug Middle Class
Non-Resident Students |
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Chancellor
Blank continues her attack on middle class families |
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Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) criticized UW-Madison
Chancellor Rebecca Blank for requesting more than a 35%
tuition increase on non-resident undergraduates over the
next four academic years. For next fall, these students
would face a massive 11.8% tuition increase and in fall 2016
another 10.5%.
In dollars, the tuition would go to $28,523 next fall and
$31,523 in fall 2016 (these figures don’t include room/board
and other fees). The Board of Regents is poised to pass this
proposal on April 10th. |
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“I opposed the hiring of Chancellor Blank because she
had an elitist approach to tuition and this proposal just
proves that my initial inclination was accurate. Rebecca
Blank doesn’t care about the plight of middle class
students, either resident or non- resident. She is a clear
threat to the Wisconsin Idea of serving students of all
economic backgrounds, especially those from the middle
class,” Nass said. |
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Recent News |
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Prevailing Wage Repeal a WIN for Taxpayers |
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Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WisTax) in conjunction
with Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin (ABC)
has just released a new study presenting three major
findings which strongly argue the need for a repeal of
Wisconsin's prevailing wage law: |
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1. On average, prevailing wage rates in Wisconsin
were calculated to be 45% higher than the
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates. |
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2. Surveys used to determine wages are only
returned at an average rate of 10%, where 80% of the hours
reported in 2014 were reported by union contractors - this
despite the fact that only 25% of the construction industry
in Wisconsin is unionized. |
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3. The effects of prevailing wage are suffered
most by local governments, particularly those counties
lowest on the income scale. |
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The full study may be found
here. |
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Prevailing Wage Reform Could Save Schools Money
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UW System Courses Offer Little Hope of Employment |
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Voters Back Amendment on Chief Justice Selection |
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UW Seeking Tuition Hikes on Grad Students,
Non-Residents |
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Uber/Lyft Services Slated to Expand in Wisconsin |
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