Ed Thompson:
Hi, I'm Ed Thompson, small business owner and Libertarian candidate for governor.

I'm running for governor to make your government more accountable to you.

With tax day next Monday, I just want to remind you how your hard earned tax dollars have been mismanaged in Madison. Wisconsin is the third highest taxed state in the nation, with over a billion dollar deficit and a plunging credit rate. Our state government is being tarnished by corruption. A grand jury is even conducting a criminal investigation of the leaders of our legislature.

Enough is enough. It's time to put the people's interests above special interests. We need common sense and accountability in state government.

I can make the tough spending cuts because I will not take the big money from special interests.

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Ed Thompson:
I'm Ed Thompson. Join me and together we can take back Wisconsin. Find me online at EdThompson.com.

Ed Thompson:
Hi, I'm Ed Thompson, small business owner and Libertarian candidate for governor.

Imagine how great Wisconsin would be if we were not the third highest taxed state in the nation. Extra money to use as you want. For your children's education, your retirement, or to give to causes you believe in.

Lower taxes will keep family-wage jobs in Wisconsin.

But, tax day will continue to get worse if we don't make major spending cuts now.

I'm a small businessman, not a career politician. I've been living on a balanced budget my whole life. And I don't take the big money from special interests. I will cut spending and lower taxes

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Ed Thompson:
I'm Ed Thompson. Join me and together we can take the sting out of tax day. Find me online at EdThompson.com.

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Bryan Olen:
Hi, I'm Bryan Olen. As a leader in the recall movement of Tom Ament, I know Milwaukee County residents are committed to cleaning up government and holding politicians accountable. Together, we collected 182,000 signatures and have forced seven Supervisors into recall elections. Unfortunately, political corruption is not only a Milwaukee County problem. It's a state-wide problem. Career politicians in Madison have abused our trust and squandered our tax dollars. We need a governor who will hold the career politicians accountable and restore clean government to Wisconsin. We need an outsider. We need a common man with common sense who will fight corruption and lower taxes. We need Ed Thompson for Governor of Wisconsin.

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Ed Thompson:
I'm Ed Thompson. Join me in returning common sense and accountability to state government. Find me online at EdThompson.com.

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Ed Thompson:
Hi, I'm Ed Thompson, businessman and Libertarian candidate for governor.

I'm running for governor because, like you, I love Wisconsin. And, like you, I'm concerned about our tax dollars being wasted in Madison.

I'm a businessman--been one since I bought my first tavern in 1968.

As governor, I will make the tough spending cuts the career politicians are afraid to consider. For example, expanding the Milwaukee school choice program state-wide and placing nonviolent offenders in alternatives to prison. These two actions alone will save hundreds of millions of tax dollars.

As a businessman, I know that lowering taxes is the key to good jobs in Wisconsin. I will bring my common man, common sense approach to Madison.

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Ed Thompson:
I'm Ed Thompson. Join me in returning common sense and accountability to state government. Find me online at EdThompson.com.