To the editor,

Tom Tiffany wants you to believe he’s the perfect candidate to be Wisconsin’s governor. Turns out, we have very different ideas of what “perfect” means. 

In a perfect world, our tax money would support affordable healthcare, affordable housing, healthy and free school lunches, equitable educational opportunities, and overall support for children, the elderly, and veterans.

Instead of taking care of Wisconsin, however, Tiffany’s idea of a perfect world includes spending a trillion dollars to fund a forever war with no objective, no foreseeable ending, and zero regard for human life. His idea of making Wisconsin and America great includes approving billions of dollars to fund enforcers that roam our streets, tear apart families, lock children in cages, and terrorize our communities.

Tiffany doesn’t care about the people in his own Congressional District (7), let alone in Wisconsin. His voting record speaks for itself; 100% of the time he voted to take away vital programs for Wisconsinites, many of which will go into effect AFTER the midterm elections. 

In Wisconsin alone, Tiffany’s “YES! Mr. Trump” votes: cut SNAP benefits, hurting about 1 in 10 households; cut Medicaid, hurting more than 1 in 5 people; cut Veterans Administration services, hurting more than 7 in 100 people; cut Medicare, hurting more than 1 in 4 people; cut Social Security (OASDI benefits), hurting more than 1 in 4 people; and the list continues.

Admittedly, perfection is hard to come by, but spending trillions of dollars on weapons while Wisconsin residents, including those in his own district, go hungry, can’t afford healthcare, can’t find affordable housing, and don’t have fully funded schools is a sure path to failure and a poor investment in Wisconsin’s future. 

Yes, Tiffany’s idea of perfection and mine are vastly different. While his focuses on pain, death, and destruction, mine is all about making Wisconsin and America great by making sure we all do better. 

This November, I won’t give Tom Tiffany any more chances. David Crowley knows Wisconsin. He knows what we need, and he and his team will build up, not tear down what Wisconsin has built. This November, I will vote for lunches, not landmines; healthcare, not concentration camps; education, not electric gloves. 

Laurie Harmon

Hudson