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  TAX THE RICH! PERIOD

  It does not take a scientist to figure this one out. They more you make the more you pay period!. Leave the little guy alone, leave the poor people along and far most, leave the ELDERLY ALONE! Elderly people have already paid in why is everyone in the Government wanting to take everything away from them? Tax the rich at higher rates, make them pay the higher of the highest property taxes, school taxes and federal ...more »

  It does not take a scientist to figure this one out. They more you make the more you pay period!. Leave the little guy alone, leave the poor people along and far most, leave the ELDERLY ALONE! Elderly people have already paid in why is everyone in the Government wanting to take everything away from them? Tax the rich at higher rates, make them pay the higher of the highest property taxes, school taxes and federal taxes. We as the middle class are sick of getting picked apart, and the elderly, well need I say more. The Government is out of control in spending so why not get the money from the Rich that have it to pay?

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  PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY PAY MORE SCHOOL TAX

  I have been reading a lot of comments about people with more children paying more in school tax. How about people with more money pay more for the school tax to releive the pressure on the people with little or no more in order for them to save their homes.

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  ELIMATE THE OASIS AND PUT IN ONLINE

  We as Government employees receive a publication called the OASIS. It is printed on colored, very expensive paper. I myself do not care about it and toss it. I do not have the time to be reading it, I dont care who retired in other states and I see my fellow employees do the same. Why can they not put it online for the people truely interested in reading it. This has to cost millions of dollars to print, mail, hand ...more »

  We as Government employees receive a publication called the OASIS. It is printed on colored, very expensive paper. I myself do not care about it and toss it. I do not have the time to be reading it, I dont care who retired in other states and I see my fellow employees do the same. Why can they not put it online for the people truely interested in reading it. This has to cost millions of dollars to print, mail, hand out and it gets tossed. Do they not think we have better things to do than to sit and read about retiree's, awards etc???? It should be online!

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  Low birth children and SSI no cash only medical help

  If a person has a child that is healthy they support that child. If they have a child that has medical problems I agree they need medical assistance but why cash payments as well? Give them the medical assistance they need but elimate the cash payments.

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  ELIMATE THE SSI STATE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT

  Many states do not have the SSI state supplement why does Wisconsin? SSI is already a program people either paid very little into Social Security, not at all or are here from another Country and didnt pay a thing. Us as tax payers are getting pretty tired of all the free handouts Wisconsin pays. This is one of them.

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  People with more children pay more school tax

  I honestly think what we pay in school taxes should be determined by how many children you have in school. The more children you have the more school tax you pay. This is a terrible burdon on the elderly that have already paid for their children, and now for other people's children over and over again. This would allow the elderly to afford their own housing rather than applying for low income housing and many other ...more »

  I honestly think what we pay in school taxes should be determined by how many children you have in school. The more children you have the more school tax you pay. This is a terrible burdon on the elderly that have already paid for their children, and now for other people's children over and over again. This would allow the elderly to afford their own housing rather than applying for low income housing and many other public assistance programs if they had the additional money they have to pay for school tax.

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  DRUG TEST BEFORE PAYING

  I THINK ALL PEOPLE APPLYING FOR WELFARE OR ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE DRUG TESTED. IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR DRUGS WHY WOULD US AS TAX PAYERS WANT TO PAY THEM MORE MONEY? TO BUY MORE DRUGS? I THINK THIS WOULD STOP PEOPLE FROM APPLYING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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  earnings enforcements on disability claimants

  Appears earnings enforements on people receiving disability payments hasnt worked in years. If enforement would pick up like on the records of retired people we could avoid thousands of dollars in overpayments. The computer system needs to be fixed to allow enforcements on each and every individual receiving any type of social security benefits. It appears it does for retirement but not for disability claimants.

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  LET US SUPPRESS A NOTICE WHEN DOING INPUTS

  Every input we do sends another letter. Most letters are not necessary and just confuses people which in turn results in unnecessary phone calls, mailing letters that shoud not go out would save not only on mailing costs but an additional contact that is not necessary. If we know we would prefer to not have a letter sent when doing an input we should have the option to click on a button to suppress the notice like the ...more »

  Every input we do sends another letter. Most letters are not necessary and just confuses people which in turn results in unnecessary phone calls, mailing letters that shoud not go out would save not only on mailing costs but an additional contact that is not necessary. If we know we would prefer to not have a letter sent when doing an input we should have the option to click on a button to suppress the notice like the earnings 2.8 screens let us do when clearing or posting earnings.

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  DDS thrid review to avoid reconsiderations

  It appears a lot of disability claims are denied and then approved at the Reconsideration level. Why not have a third review at DDS before the final decision. It costs the Government millions to have people appeal an initial claim and then get allowed at the Reconsideration. Since the Reconsideration goes back to DDS again, why not just have a third review before the denial of the initial claim is denied? Makes no sence ...more »

  It appears a lot of disability claims are denied and then approved at the Reconsideration level. Why not have a third review at DDS before the final decision. It costs the Government millions to have people appeal an initial claim and then get allowed at the Reconsideration. Since the Reconsideration goes back to DDS again, why not just have a third review before the denial of the initial claim is denied? Makes no sence to me. People are loosing their homes for all of these delays and refiling. Then get approved and it's already too late. Seems like a real waste of money and the Agency's time we do not have right now with all the baby boomers filing and employee's retiring.

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  Oasis put it online rather than printing it

  We receive an Oasis that is printed on colored paper which is very expensive. Why not put this online for us to look at rather than printing it? There are usually 50-75 pages, smooth colored paper. When I receive mine a lot of times I dont even look at it and just toss it. If I was truely interested in it I would look at it online. I know of several people I work with that do the same.

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  Elimate the SSI state payment

  Many States do not have the SSI state payment so people move to Wisconsin to receive this payment in addition to the Federal Payment. Since SSI is a program that people either never paid into Social Security or VERY little I think this payment should be elimated. Since Mr. Walker is out to save money for the State of Wisconsin this would save millions. Us who have worked our entire life's do not get the benefit of ...more »

  Many States do not have the SSI state payment so people move to Wisconsin to receive this payment in addition to the Federal Payment. Since SSI is a program that people either never paid into Social Security or VERY little I think this payment should be elimated. Since Mr. Walker is out to save money for the State of Wisconsin this would save millions. Us who have worked our entire life's do not get the benefit of State payments, Federal payments, low income housing, food stamps, energy assistance. Think about all of these free programs the State of Wisconsin offers to people that have never paid into the system or very little to say the least.

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