Shady Third Party Comes to Phil's Rescue

I got a call from a friend today telling me to turn on the radio. When I turned it on, guess what I heard? I heard a shadowy third party group telling me to call Rep. Gathwaite and urge him to vote for the state budget. The group was none other than the most despicable of all the groups that have been hijacking our Democratic process – the Greater Wisconsin Committee.

According to the left-leaning Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the Greater Wisconsin Committee is:

A Milwaukee-based phony issue ad group that was organized in 2004 to support Democratic candidates for statewide office and the legislature. Like other phony issue ad groups, it has consistently refused to disclose how much it raises and spends to sponsor mostly negative mailings and broadcast advertising during an election. Much of its cash has come from labor unions and Democratic-leaning ideological groups that get most of their money from large corporations.

Madison insiders have reported in the past that the Greater Wisconsin Committee also gets much of its funding from two other sources: tribal casino interests, which seek political clout to protect their state sponsored casino monopoly and trial lawyers who seek laws that make it easier to sue you and I for big paydays.

Now why would a shady political attack unit that works for public employee unions, trial lawyers, and Indian tribes be spending cash to support Rep. Gathwaite and the Democrat budget? Nobody can be sure but here are a few guesses:

- $3 billion in state tax increases.
- $1.3 billion property tax hike.
- Payback for the trial lawyers that will make Wisconsin the worst state for lawsuits in the country.
- Far left policy such as $15 million worth of free state health care and benefits for the boyfriends and girlfriends of state employees.
- Far left policy such as a new drivers license program and instate tuition for illegal immigrants.

The fact is that the groups who fund and run the Greater Wisconsin Committee have just as much to gain from this budget passing as we citizens have to lose. The question is, when the budget comes up for a vote Wednesday, will Rep. Garthwaite stand with his constituents or with the shady group that runs his shadow campaign and is now running radio ads for him?