Pigs Fly: Glenn Grothman Expresses Concern for Wisconsin's Most Vulnerable Citizens

Scott Walker's rent-to-own budget provision brings strong reaction.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/26/2013)

Excerpt: Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) said he hopes to remove the measure from the budget in the weeks ahead as a member of the Joint Finance Committee. He said at the news conference the rent-to-own plan was harmful to the poor and would amount to "bleeding millions of dollars each year from our most vulnerable citizens."

The policy item under question is to allow rent-to-own stores to offer financing plans without disclosing their interest rates.  What is it doing in the Governor's budget and why isn't it more properly being presented as separate legislation?

I'm sure it all has to do with the merits of the proposal money.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Follow the Money

(The 10/6/2006 contribution is to the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate.  I found one person of color pictured on the homepage, but she doesn't look old enough to vote.)

Meet Mark Speese, Title Hound:   CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director of Rent-A-Center, Inc.

Meet Jeff Lebakkan.  (Excerpt from the above Journal Sentinel article.  Title provided by Retiring Guy.)

And he's got the money to back up his meritorious words.

Holy plutocracy, Batman!