Working toward a balanced budget amendment or limiting spending to a certain percentage of the gross national product are some other ideas. "We've got to straitjacket all of us politicians and the American public," he said. UW-River Falls student Giselle Nunez, from Cottage Grove, Minn., is interviewed on campus as part of The College Tour. Is there a primary contact for Leader Telegram Pieter Graaskamp (President) at Leader. On the budget deficit, he would support an overall spending cap or some kind of spending discipline. Leader Telegram is located at 701 S Farwell St, Eau Claire, WI 54701. "It insures the highest possible quality and the highest customer service." A cooperative owned newspaper established in 1933 serving Northwest Wisconsin. "When you spend your money you bring in free market principals," Johnson said. Inter-County Leader, Frederic, Wisconsin. He also supports health savings accounts for high deductible health care plans and does not want health care rationed. He wants to see real tort reform to prevent nuisance lawsuits, which drive up health care costs. On the issue of health care, Johnson voted to repeal Obamacare. "You've got 535 strong-willed individuals and everyone has their own ideas," he noted. He did equate to the House and Senate as being a matter of "herding cats." "I am trying to get up to speed as quickly as possible," he said, noting he is not afraid to call people for the information he needs to make an informed decision. Johnson, who has been in office about four weeks, said being a senator is incredibly interesting. I would be a real proponent if they are not ready (for college) to go to work and then go to college." They are getting into huge debt and companies don't want them. "There are a lot of kids starting college too young. "We need to stop denigrating the trades," he said. He said children need to be taught basic economic principles. "We want to control spending, but people don't want to lose their programs."Īs he was meeting with UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen and Provost Julie Furst-Bowe, Johnson said education is vital to the economy. "We have a real schizophrenia in this country," he said. must defend itself and government must provide infrastructure to run a country. Russ Feingold, Johnson said a poll indicated many citizens wanted to cut defense and infrastructure, but he added that the U.S. When he decided to run against former Sen. The proof will be when it comes to the actual votes to cut spending, he noted. I'm certainly getting a sense the Democrats and Republicans are coming to that realization." "People are definitely coming to the realization we don't have a whole lot of time," Johnson said while visiting the UW-Stout campus. He is heartened, however, to see that Democrats and Republicans apparently want to work together to resolve budget issues. The Leader and Daily Telegram merged into the Eau Claire Press Company in 1912 under the Companys first president, C. Senate members just starting to understand the nation's spending problems and growing national debt. Senator Ron Johnson said Friday he is surprised there are a number of U.S.
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