Wisconsin's interwoven dairy crises are producing bankruptcies, suicides and polluted drinking water.
But to some members of the Wisconsin GOP congressional caucus, dairy is something on which to try out puerile stand-up comedy - - unless self-parody is your thing, so nicely-played, sirs.
Still - - it's not everyday that you can watch two United States House members jointly waste some of their $174,000 annual taxpayer-provided salaries and also some of their approximately $1.3 million annual taxpayer-awarded office budgets, but that's what the foolish duo of Sean Duffy
and newcomer Bryan Steil managed to do today.
Set aside their robotic fascination with New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on whom they focus their embarrassingly childish disrespect, and ask yourself if they can't find anything better to do with their taxpayer-paid time.
But to some members of the Wisconsin GOP congressional caucus, dairy is something on which to try out puerile stand-up comedy - - unless self-parody is your thing, so nicely-played, sirs.
Still - - it's not everyday that you can watch two United States House members jointly waste some of their $174,000 annual taxpayer-provided salaries and also some of their approximately $1.3 million annual taxpayer-awarded office budgets, but that's what the foolish duo of Sean Duffy
and newcomer Bryan Steil managed to do today.
Wisconsin Republicans mock Democrats for holding 2020 convention here, saying 'they want to get rid of our cows'By the way, if these Republican members of congress were serious about dairy policy, they'd be working to stem the flood of Wisconsin dairy farm bankruptcies - - #1 in the US last year - - and owner suicides that are directly linked to Scott Walker's GOP-led favoritism towards CAFO expansion and other state policies which squeezed smaller farms through over-production.
Set aside their robotic fascination with New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on whom they focus their embarrassingly childish disrespect, and ask yourself if they can't find anything better to do with their taxpayer-paid time.