Blackout averted as Affluenza reaches pandemic stage
The heartbreak of Affluenza
The first outbreak of Affluenza was documented in a film way back in 1954 when it was a loose term to define wealth in general, in 1997 the term described the overload, debt, and waste involved in the pursuit of wealth.
Today, in the latest ugly outbreak, the virulent strain arrives as an excuse for greed and the promulgation of the belief that profit driven organizations are living and breathing people, sort of like the "living dead". Symptoms often include some form of fantasy with the most prevalent delusion that all human beings are gifted in exactly the same way at birth. So, it follows that any lacking encountered over the course of life is always the fault of the victim – laziness, irresponsibility, lagging, loafing, lethargic behavior.
Last week the insidious delusional symptoms of Affluenza came to force within the NFL when many were shocked at the sluggish ticket sales for the Sunday Packer/San Francisco playoff game. The expectation of a quick sellout didn't materialize, and as is typical of Affluenza symptoms, the effect of greed and over reach of the affected "corporate people" involved went unnoticed. Social media was quick to come to the conclusion that people just don't have the extra $500 cash for transportation, accommodations, and tickets for the game. The Affluenza effected media did not mention the hard strapped status of Wisconsin's middle class as a factor in the sluggish ticket sales, but pointed to the sub zero cold as the primary reason for slow sales.
By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
With Ice Bowl-like weather coming, Packers get more time to sell seats
According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the temperature at game time for the Ice Bowl on Dec. 31, 1967, was 13 below zero. More recently, the Jan. 20, 2008, playoff game between the Packers and the New York Giants was 3 below with a wind chill of 24 below.
The face value of the tickets in the seating bowl is between $102 and $125, depending on seat location. The NFL sets the prices. On the secondary ticket market, prices are hovering at face value.
Many Packer fans just don't have the cash
Walker's Affulenza
He stands in silence as 26,200 veterans in Wisconsin are faced with losing Foot Stamp (SNAP) benefits.
He is quick to comment on the fate of the Packer's on face book, but not a word about the 150,000 people and 4,000 kids at risk of losing access to
free/reduced meals.
Further, the cuts proposed in the House would trigger the loss of $170 million to the Wisconsin economy next year.
As is so typical of the Affluenza sufferer - No comment from Walker. Not a word.
His failure to accept the Affordable Care Act as law will take 83,000 people off of Medicaid. Why? So he can show the most conservative base of the GOP that he is tough. Tough enough to let thousands of people suffer to prove a political point.
Yet, we see frequent tweets and face book posts from Walker, "How bout those Packers.", as some strange pretense that all is well beneath the surface.
Walker Tax reform to provide MORE benefits for the wealthy
Oh, Affluenza in its late stages is not a pretty sight. Even as a promise to create 250,000 jobs by the end of his term through cutting taxes for the wealthy, has faltered, fallen, and failed, a sufferer of Afflenza remains out of touch with reality as demonstrated by Walker's new push to abolish the state income tax.
Shepherd Express Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 By Joel McNally
Scott Walker's Scariest Tax Plan Yet
An independent study by the Wisconsin Budget Project found that moving all state income tax revenue onto the sales tax would mean the bottom four-fifths of Wisconsin taxpayers would pay hundreds of dollars more in taxes every year while the top 1% would save an average of $44,000 a year.
Affluenza sufferers are very much like the zombies and walking dead in that they hang together in secret. Most of the legislative initiatives of the GOP in Wisconsin have been developed in secret meetings of organizations like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and financed by dark money - it is necessary to hide the true motives of the wealthy "corporate people". Walker's tax reform discussions are no different.
Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch is conducting secret meetings where the public and press are not allowed. She explains that, “If you’ve got cameras and reporters with notebooks lining the edges of the room, that amounts to public speaking, and that can make some folks nervous.” - a delusional opinion so typical of the late stages of Affluenza. Sad.
STEVEN VERBURG | Wisconsin State Journal
Video shows businesses lobbying Rebecca Kleefisch for more tax breaks in closed-door meeting
In a closed meeting with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, business operators argued — sometimes forcefully — for lower taxes and more financial incentives for commercial interests.
A recently released video of the Dec. 9 session at Beloit College shows Kleefisch and state Revenue Department Secretary Rick Chandler extolling state efforts to reduce taxes since Republicans took over state government in 2011, and saying they wanted private-sector ideas for another round of cuts.
“We want to know how we can love you more,” Kleefisch told the group of about 30 executives, managers, accountants and others during the 1-hour, 40-minute session
Blackout averted through the grace of "corporate people"
Our TV blackout nightmare is over.
Sunday's wild-card playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers is a sellout, ensuring the game will not be blacked out in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Wausau. The Associated Bank corporate person has come through to save the day for fans, and preserve its bottom line. Like any late stage Affluenza sufferer the Associated corporate person spins the message to stifle any accusations of over reach and greed, and launches its corporate self to become a hero!
By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
"The franchise announced Friday the game had been sold out. The Packers had until 4 p.m. Friday to avoid an NFL-imposed TV blackout in the three local television markets."