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District #98 - Rich
Zipperer (R)
Wisconsin State Representative
(Newly elected - Nov 2006)
See the State Elections Board
and new candidates
HERE
To see Jensen's (the previous legislator's page) go
HERE.
On the issues - 2008 (See the legislator's 2006-2007 position on
health care, ethics and campaign reform below)
F - Public funding of judicial campaigns
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 (AB250)
Incumbent voted AGAINST
passage of public funding of campaigns for judges. In a recent study by
Citizen Action, in 75% of the cases reaching the Supreme Court level
there was a campaign contributor on one side or the other. Campaigns for
judges are being financed by attorneys and business leaders. How's that
for justice? ALL Supreme Court Judges came out in support of this bill.
2/27/08 Sequence No.
195
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On the issues - 2007 (See the legislator's 2006 position on
health care, ethics and campaign reform below)
F - Healthy Wisconsin
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Incumbent
OPPOSED the Healthy Wisconsin amendment to the state budget. All
Democrats voted for it and all Republicans voted against it. Healthy
Wisconsin was opposed by the insurance industry and business
associations (though not the business members themselves). To understand
your representatives vote see Follow the Money
(upper right). For more on the benefits of Healthy Wisconsin see Sen.
Joe Leean's article
HERE |
A+ Ethics Reform
|
 (SB1)
Incumbent voted to pass an Ethics Reform bill in January 2007.
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F - Healthcare - HSAs
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Incumbent
supports Health Savings Accounts, which as a tax subsidy
benefit the wealthy. But they are detrimental to the low- and
middle-income population who face high health care costs, or have them
imposed by employers. See more
HERE.
HSAs are supported by the insurance industry, bankers, credit card
companies and bankruptcy attorneys, all of whom have given campaigns
significant contributions to this legislator. See Follow the Money
(upper right) |
Many politicians refuse to answer the questions in the
Project Vote-Smart solicitation
because they don't want voters knowing where they stand on the issues!
They like being able to fudge and evade when being asked about an issue, and
having it on record and posted on the web is the last thing they want.
Especially when it can be compared to their voting record while in session.
Here is how
Rich
Zipperer responded to the League of Women Voters' questionnaire. Not good. So he doesn't have to
keep promises?
Rich
Zipperer (Republican)