Final Goodbye!

As they always say, all good things must come to an end. This will be the last blog of the semester for me as school is nearing an end, and summertime will allow me to be away from my computer for quite some time. However, it's still too early to talk about summer plans as there are two weeks of school left, so let's focus on what matters and what this blog is all about; Herb Kohl.

It seems as just about every television station, every radio station, and everyone is just talking about last nights event. I'm sure all of you already have heard by now that Osama Bin Laden has been found and killed by the United States CIA with the permission of President Barack Obama. Herb Kohl did have a statement and interview with Today's TMJ4 in Milwaukee. While Herb Kohl was celebrating, he made sure to get across the fact that he was still being very cautious. Kohl did point out that by killing Bin Laden, the United States opens up the door for more terrorist attacks from Al-Queda in the future. Kohl also warns us about future possible attacks and the fact that we still have to be on guard as Al-Queda is an evil force to be reckoned with. For the rest of the interview you can look here, as well as check out the video link underneath the picture.

As I have mentioned in the previous blogs, Herb Kohl is a big promoter of Medicare which would be cut drastically should Paul Ryan's budget plan pass. Kohl announced that Ryan's plan will never pass, and assured people that they should not be worried about their benefits being cut. Kohl was in Wausau speaking about the budget plan and said that it was too extreme for it to pass. Kohl said, “It’s clear that Medicare as we know it would no longer exist under the House budget plan. But I think it's equally clear that that budget plan will never become national law." This doesn't really come back as a big shock to me, because it was pretty evident that this budget wouldn't pass anyways. To me it seemed as more of a step from the GOP to show the public that they are actually trying to do something with the budget. They didn't necessarily intend for it to pass, but it did get quite a bit of media attention, and I think that's what their main goal was. I will end on the note that Kohl talked about his focus to "raise taxes on people like Herb Kohl." I honestly love this statement as long as Kohl is being serious. Kohl's often talked about wanting to tax the rich and believes that the rich have a bigger obligation to pay higher taxes because they are so wealthy. Now, I would just love to see him put that idea into work.

It's been a pleasure sharing with ya' all my research and info that I could find on Herb Kohl. I hope that you enjoyed reading the blog as much as I enjoyed writing it. Have a great and safe summer everyone.