Please quote where Walker
campaigned on taking away the collective bargaining rights of public unions? A copy of an interview, a campaign platform?
He's a liar, as he said this was about the deficit, but during his telephone call with "fake Koch" he said it was indeed about union busting. He also lied to his Democratic Senators (see below)
He campaigned for budget cuts and to fix the budget. He campaigned to do the opposite of what Jim Doyle did. You can't negotiate with the teachers union without gaining some of the control back to the people. Remember the teachers work for us. If you believe you can check past and recent history. Average time to negotiate a teachers contract 14 months. Recent actions from technical colleges who called emergency meetings and passed extensions prove they really don't want to work with walker
Not according to the three polls I posted. Do you have any different information?
Polls can say anything that you want them to say. It is the matter in which you ask the question and who you target. They hold no value in my opinion
No, my view is fed by seeing what Scott Walker says and does in Wisconsin, and reading the Wisconsin paper websites.
You mean the liberal Milwaukee Journal Sentinel or the Wisconsin State Journal or the Capital times. Yeah those are not biased at all:rolleyes:
I've never met him. He seems very pleasant. It's his politics I don't like.
So far I've seen he's not a man of his word: he admitted during the Fake Koch call that yes, he told the Democratic Senators to return and he'd bargain with them, but that was a trick and a lie, they'd take the vote behind their backs. That makes Walker a liar in at least two ways.
Did you listen to the entire call. If you did I feel bad for you because you simply can't hear. BTW- do you negotiate with a kidnapper in a hostage situation? What makes this any different
It will be interesting to watch!
Want to put some $ on it? I said I will give you 4-1 odds.
No, my view is not to give
unpaid for incentives when the state is broke.
Your view is to leave things status quo and have the power continue to be with the unions and the democrats that are funded by the unions who keep driving the state farther in debt without any revenues. Businesses create tax revenues. State employees and teachers create no revenue. They are expenses. When times are tough you cut your expenses and do what you can to increase your revenue. It is time government agencies start acting like a business.
But your corporations do not pay corporate taxes. That's a huge funding loss that has increased over the past 30 years.
If the above works so well, how come Wisconsin is broke?
Because we have not been business friendly for years and because govenor Doyle stole money from many different funds for government entitlement programs and refused to deal with the problemsWhy do you think it's better to make private citizens, the average middle class person, yourself, pay more to support these corporate tax incentives? You are willing to pay more state taxes, and have less teachers in your kids schools, so corporations can get tax breaks?
No because in the long run if you create a good business climate, unemployment improves, state income and property tax revenue increases and everything works
No. I think there is a budget problem in Wisconsin. I don't think it is a eminent disaster requiring the massive layoffs of teachers, and union busting.
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3.6 billion is not a major issue
Unlike most politicians Walker is taking the problem that will occur in the future and addressing it now. I know this is a little progressive thinking for most people but it is absolutely the right thing to do. The american way of life is why do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Time to change that!
I worry because I benefit from your educated children. America is falling futher and further behind in the world in education. We suck. Your governor wants to cut 1/10 of your child's teachers, enlarge their classroom size, decrease their advanced placement and special programs, decrease science and math funding, and prevent your town from doing anything about it. I don't like big government takeovers.
Well if we didn't protect bad teachers by being fired this may not be the case. Once you are in the system for a certain period of time you can not be fired unless you commit a felony and even then the union would still fight for you to keep your job
Wrong. No layoffs are needed. Layoffs are simply a nasty threat your governor is making, and blaming the Democratic Senators if he does it is just covering his ass.
Really?
If the recall elections are held next April, we'll see.
Again want to wager?
I've very glad the Dems froze the voting on this 144-page rush-attempted bill. Especially as what's in there has nothing to do with budgets or deficits.
So you support the democrats actions whereas I think what they are doing is an injustice to the democratic process and the constituents that they represent. Just a differing point of view. Pretty soon "Dog the Bounty Hunter" is going to be going after them. There is no way it can end well for them.
Wiphan: do you support Gov. Walker being able to sell or lease your utility companies to anyone he wants, for whatever price he wants, with no legislative oversight? Yes or no?
The government does not own a single utility company in WI. I actually own part of Madison Gas and Electric. It is a publicly traded company. Look under the symbol MGEE in the stock exchange. Wisconsin Energy Company (WE energies) is traded under the symbol WEC