The Hop, a $128 million streetcar that travels a 2.1-mile loop in downtown Milwaukee, is a classic boondoggle made possible by federal grants (i.e., taxpayer money). Meanwhile, the Joseph Project, a Milwaukee transportation enterprise that rejects government funding, is helping central city residents secure good-paying manufacturing jobs in neighboring counties. With a small fleet of church vans (most of them donated), the Joseph Project creates taxpayers instead of fleecing them. Watch the video here.
TRENDING:
- Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
- Why are schools that put kids more than a year ahead even at issue?
- Teaching economics, electing to ignore it
- Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud
- It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin
- Eau Claire teens find police are the opposite of oppressors
- Florida could teach Wisconsin how to demand a more open-minded academia
- Wisconsin still holds $800 million in people’s unclaimed cash despite a top ranking in returning funds
