Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

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Originally Posted by Riot

Please point out, in your state budget over the past five years, where public employee pensions and health benefits have "broken" your state budget. How these are the greatest deficit causers.

I'd like to know what actual percentages of your state budget these items have been.

And of course, you've been politically active and furious about this over the past many years, demonstrating against it, I assume? You've been angry and vocally against your state government people, the ones that do the collective bargaining, that have given these perks away?

I'm tired of this new fad of demonizing teachers, just so the GOP can break the unions to try and break Democratic votes and contributions. It's absurd kabuki theatre. Get angry about your state revenue being constantly decreased, over the past 20 years by tax giveaways to corporations. A tax giveaway was about the first thing your new GOP governor did, too. And no anger from you over that.

Do you not think public unions have any effect on the budget issues in the state now and in the future (i.e. future pension pay outs, ridiculous union bargained benefits, monopolized health insurance, etc.) ? Let's take a look at the auto industry in the US. Do you think the unions had any effect on the stability, sustainability and profitability of the US auto companies?