Mike Fischer, Author at RightWisconsin

The Minimum Markup of Budget Bad News and Budget Good News

Posted by Mike Fischer | Mar 8, 2019 | Features, Special to RightWisconsin

There is no need to protect small businesses by forcing Wisconsin consumers to pay higher prices than they would pay in a freely competitive market.

Smoke & Mirrors: the Streetcar, Couture, and TIFs

Posted by Mike Fischer | Aug 28, 2018 | Features

Are TIFs – tax increment districts – necessary tools for economic development in blighted areas – or just “smoke and mirrors” designed to spend taxpayer money on projects that do not need it?

Judicial Deference to Executive Branch Agencies Puts Liberty At Risk

Posted by Mike Fischer | Dec 1, 2017 | Features

The delegation of judicial authority is particularly a problem when it forces the court to defer to the judgment of the executive branch of government.

Civics 101 and Obamacare

Posted by Mike Fischer | Aug 8, 2017 | Features, Special to RightWisconsin

Civics 101 tells us that the president can’t take money out of the federal piggy bank unless he is authorized to do it.