This is now becoming par for the course - Wisconsin is turning down Federal aid left and right. There was the high speed rail from Milwaukee to Madison of course, which Scott Walker thought was a waste of money and tried to get it spent on highways instead. Now his Secretary of the Department of Health Services, Dennis Smith, is bringing his Heritage Foundation-based, right-wing ideology to the cities and counties of Wisconsin. He's not even from here - Walker hired him simply because of his on-the-record statements against public assistance programs, particularly Medicaid. Smith has even declined $9 million in WIC (a nutritional program for Women, Infants, and Children) funding, citing his desire to save taxpayer dollars. Please contact Governor Walker and Secretary Smith and tell them that this is the wrong course for Wisconsin.
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