Suzi Wizowaty
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Under the Golden Dome
Suzi talks about her fair-compensation bill and her race-bias bill. (Click above, and scroll to 6:23.) Mark Johnson show
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Under the Golden Dome
Suzi talks about her bill to increase transparency of tax credits 
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"What Just Happened?": a view from the State House (and other musings)Addressing income inequality--should the state play a role?January 24, 2012
The income gap between the wealthiest Americans and the average worker is greater now than at any time since the Great Depression. Vermont has not escaped this trend. According to a recent study by Public Assets Institute, the total annual income received by Vermonters between 1989 and 2009 rose 60%—the same rate as the overall (more…)
The truth about crimeNovember 30, 2011
Several articles came out this week, including in Vt. Digger, reporting on testimony by Burlington Police Chief Mike Schirling and Rutland Mayor Chris Louras to a legislative committee dealing with Corrections. What was widely reported were their assertions that crime is going up and their conclusion that this is largely because the legislature is (more…)
The people have spoken! Will we listen?November 10, 2011
What a week. Across the country, the fundamental progressive spirit of this country rose up and asserted itself, surprising pundits and reporters who had to scramble to keep up and make sense of it all.
Maine voters rejected a right-wing assault on voting rights and defeated an effort to eliminate same-day registration. Arizona voters recalled Russell Pearce, (more…) Readjusting budget prioritiesSeptember 26, 2011
Last week, I went to D.C. with five female legislative colleagues to meet with other women legislators from around the country in order to reframe the debate about national security. According to polls, for the first time in decades American women care as much as men about national security. But we believe that national security depends on economic security. And (more…)
What do we want from government?July 31, 2011
This most recent government stalemate has disgusted and frightened many of us. The refusal to compromise and the apparent willingness to send the economy into further decline are disheartening at best. But where to direct our frustration, our outrage?
Some of us want to point the finger at government generally. But it's not government per se that's dysfunctional, but rather (more…) How we failed (temporarily) on expungementMay 10, 2011
What if you you got caught smoking dope 30 years ago and just found out you couldn't accompany your grandchild on a school trip because of that earlier drug charge? What if you were caught shooting off fireworks in the wrong place on July 4th and you couldn't get a job because employer policies prohibit (more…)
How DID that happen?April 10, 2011
Two weeks ago, I introduced an amendment to the miscellaneous tax bill to increase the cigarette tax from the proposed $.27 to $1.00. I spent some time that morning gathering about forty signatures and knew the amendment had significant additional support. But after my initial introduction, I withdrew it, to the obvious astonishment of my colleagues.
(more…) Fears and questions about health care reformMarch 3, 2011
The people who fear that a single-payer system won't solve our health care problems are right. But those who believe we've got to do something, and fast, are also right. No one's arguing that health care costs aren't going up at an unsustainable (read: insane) rate. But few people are talking about (more…)
Vermont, the gun-loving state?January 31, 2011
I believe the U.S. would be a safer place if citizens had no guns—as in England. A pipe dream, of course. The U.S. is not England; we have more space to hunt deer and other game, and many American hunters eat the animals they kill. And it’s unlikely at this point that we’ll get rid of handguns at any time soon, either, because (more…)
On war and peace and fallen soldiersJanuary 15, 2011
It is a struggle most of us have: too much to do--too much we want to do--and not enough time to do it. In Montpelier we work under great pressure, attacking endless lists of things that need help. And then something happens to bring us up short. (more…)
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