Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 27. Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 4:49 PM for 9h 28m 37s of daytime. The moon is full with 99.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets today at 5 PM. On this day in 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg…
Economy
City, Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 1.7.22: The Booming National Economy
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 11. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:38 PM for 9h 13m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 27.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1901, Robert Marion “Fighting Bob” La Follette Sr. is inaugurated as governor…
Daily Bread, Economy, Government Spending, Hypocrisy, Never Trump, Republicans, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 12.15.21: Trumpism Has No Coherent Economic Policy
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Authoritarianism, Daily Bread, Economy, Politics, Poverty, Recession, That Which Paved the Way
Daily Bread for 12.2.21: Kasparov on How Foreign Dissidents Can Help Renew U.S. Democracy
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 49. Sunrise is 7:07 AM and sunset 4:21 PM for 9h 13m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater Fire Department, Inc. holds a business meeting at 5:30 PM and the Landmarks Commission meets…
Daily Bread, Economy
Daily Bread for 11.17.21: On Inflation, the Present Isn’t the Future
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 51. Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset 4:29 PM for 9h 38m 38s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1869 in Egypt, the Suez…
Business, City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Free Markets, Poverty
Daily Bread for 10.1.21: The Truth About ‘Dollar’ Stores
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 88. Sunrise is 6:53 AM and sunset 6:34 PM for 11h 41m 25s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 27.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1941, Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida. Whitewater may one…
City, Conspiracy Theories, Development, Disinformation, Economy, Ignorance, Local Government, Medicine, School District, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 9.26.21: The Vaccine Divide and the Economic Divide
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:43 PM for 11h 55m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 73% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1789, George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Productivity
Daily Bread for 8.23.21: Productivity
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 89. Sunrise is 6:11 AM and sunset 7:43 PM, for 13h 32m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.8% of its visible disk illuminated. The Urban Forestry Commission Arboretum Sponsorship Subcommittee meets at 4:30 PM. Whitewater’s School Board…
Daily Bread, Demographics, Economy
Daily Bread for 8.17.21: Decline in Trump-Supporting America
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 6:04 AM and sunset 7:52 PM, for 13h 48m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 70.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1945, George Orwell’s novella Animal…
City, Daily Bread, Economy, Poverty, School District, Technology
Daily Bread for 8.16.21: Broadband Gaps, Right Here in Whippet City
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 6:03 AM and sunset 7:54 PM, for 13h 50m 37s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 59.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM, the Community Development Authority at 5:30 PM,…
America, CDA, Common Council, Development, Economics, Economy, Free Markets, Local Government, Regulatory Capture, WEDC
Competition: Good for Individuals and Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Pres. Biden plans measures to increase market competition. David Leonhardt reports Biden’s New Push (‘The U.S. economy suffers from a lack of competition. President Biden wants to change that’): The U.S. economy has been less dynamic in the 21st century, by many measures, than it was in the late 20th century. Fewer new businesses are starting.…
Business, Economy, Free Markets, Labor, Lobbyists
Businesses, Workers, Goods, and Services
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Over at Dan Shafer’s Recombobulation Area, guest columnist Shawn Phetteplace reminds us that WMC Doesn’t Speak for All Businesses. Phetteplace, the state manager for the Main Street Alliance, writes that When former Gov. Scott Walker declared Wisconsin “Open for Business,” what he meant was it was open for deregulation, tax cuts, and special deals to…
Bad Ideas, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Development, Economics, Economy, Foxconn, Government Spending, Mendacity, Scott Walker, Trump, WEDC
Foxconn: New, More Realistic Deal Means 90% Reduction in Goals
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
After years of flamboyant lies about what Foxconn would be able to achieve in Wisconsin, there’s a new deal with that foreign corporation. That new arrangement reflects a reduction of 90% or more in what Wisconsin expects and what the state will offer. Local governments have already wasted millions on absurdly grandiose, false promises Not…
Boosterism, CDA, City, Culture, Economics, Economy, Local Government, Politics, School District, That Which Paved the Way, University
Local Politics Hasn’t Been Merely ‘Local’ for Years
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Over at the Wisconsin Examiner, Henry Redman writes (with concern) that All politics is national (‘Candidates for local office are ignoring community issues, instead highlighting national culture wars’). First, Redman’s case, then a few remarks. Woodman [Kyle Woodman, a Republican running for Eau Claire’s city council] is part of a mostly conservative group of candidates…