Ron Johnson has staked his entire campaign on how government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers and that government doesn't create jobs. He has vehemently criticized Sen. Feingold for highlighting his government backed bonds. He has an ad running where he points out that the news organizations have called on the Senator to quit using clips from their stories in his ad. No one has disputed the accuracy of the report which contends that Pacur got a subsidy. What Ron and maybe Russ should be acting for is a retraction from WKOW 27. Either the report is accurate or it isn't. Once a news report is broadcast it becomes public, otherwise the Daily Show, Colbert, Maddow,... wouldn't be able to do what they do. Most people seem to think that Ron Johnson's business got government help. I for one agree with Johnson that government helps business too much. It is fine to have all of these programs but it would seem that only the connected get the help.
In today's Wisconsin State Journal Ron Johnson's campaign has come out and said that the candidate recognizes that government builds roads and provides infrastructure. This statement is critical of his own campaign. I guess that it is like government aid: Projects that Ron Johnson deem worthy will get funded. Sounds like picking winners and losers to me. The realities of America today is that the Federal government pays for roads and other infrastructure and that Government in general provides aid through low interest loans, grants, bonds, tax deferment, ... The choice for Wisconsin voters is who do you trust, a man who has benefited from government support but now abhors such programs or a man who has helped to create programs that help the average people and small business. I prefer the latter, Sen. Feingold.
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