In the last two years, the federal government has passed two major pieces of legislation to combat this crisis. In 2016, Congress passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. Earlier this year, we allocated nearly $4 billion toward opioid abuse prevention and treatment as part of a broader government funding package.

Among the hardest hit have been the state’s public school teachers. Not only were they required to pick up a significant portion of their health insurance and pension costs, Act 10 also significantly hamstrung local school districts from raising some revenue on their own even as the state cut $750 million from public education while enacting tax breaks for many of the state’s big businesses.

When deciding on a political strategy, candidates should revert back to first principles. Target metaphors do not cause violence. Being indecent is bad for our culture. Celebrities don’t have magical powers. Have some discipline and reject the bogus tricks you once mocked.

The way Wisconsin pays for schools is unfair, inequitable and antiquated.