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On Wisconsin! How Republicans won the battle of Madison.
Weekly Standard ^
| March 21, 2011
| Stephen F. Hayes & John McCormack
Posted on 03/13/2011 6:04:42 AM PDT by fightinJAG
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To: fightinJAG
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:11:02 AM PDT
by
southernnorthcarolina
("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
To: fightinJAG
Gee...Democrats negotiated in bad faith? Democrats lied? Democrats colluded with the Media to bully elected representatives?
Do bears sh*t in the woods, as well?
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:14:13 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: fightinJAG
This is a great day for Individual Bargaining Rights in Wisconsin. Public sector workers will be able to negotiate based on their own worth instead of the worth of the lowest common denominator of their co-workers.
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:17:24 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
(Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
To: marktwain
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:18:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: fightinJAG
Great, great article.
TFP
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:25:40 AM PDT
by
Principled
(Get the capital back! NRST!)
To: fightinJAG
Wed been taking hits in the media for refusing to negotiate, and we never went public to push back on that so as to not jeopardize the progress we thought we were making. We knew then that Miller was being disingenuous. The stupid party never learns.
To: fightinJAG
“The unions quickly conceded the first of these two pointsat least rhetorically. Union leaders and their allies in the state legislature claimed that public employees would gladly contribute more to their pensions and health care premiumsthe 5.8 percent of their salaries on the former and 12.6 percent of the premiums on the latter requested by the governorif they were allowed to keep all of their collective bargaining rights.”
This whole event of 14 democrats leaving WI was a stall tactic to allow local unions to extend or renegoiate contracts before the bill went into effect. So the union PR effort of accepting the 5.8 and 12.6 was false when their actions indicated otherwise.
We should learn not to trust the liars like the Democrats who do not negotiate in good faith or their union bosses who fund them.
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:33:50 AM PDT
by
ADSUM
(Democracy works when citizens get involved and keep government honest.)
To: ADSUM
Wow...I am shocked that anyone might believe that DIM’LIBs are telling the truth about anything. That i9s “breaking news” worthy.
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:38:30 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
To: Principled
Tom Barrett’s frenzied backtracking from that comment was one of the more enjoyable moments of the last few weeks.
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:48:13 AM PDT
by
MNlurker
To: fightinJAG
Great summation - thanks for the post.
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:54:09 AM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: jonno
Stratenschardenfreudery = Strategery + Schrdenfeuden
and the ululations of their girly men
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posted on
03/13/2011 6:58:28 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(WTF....the only thing 0bambi's investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy.)
To: fightinJAG
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:17:30 AM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
(Happy New Year. As of 3/12/11, 604 days until regime change in America. (November 6 2012))
To: fightinJAG
What a great story! Saving taxpayers money!
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:18:58 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: fightinJAG
Great article, best reporting on the matter to date! Thanks for posting.
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:22:20 AM PDT
by
Wpin
("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
To: fightinJAG
OUTSTANDING article by Stephen F. Hayes and John McCormack. Thanks for posting. Names names. Tactics of crybaby collectivists BUMP!
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:25:50 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: marktwain
This one, and one that explains just what collective bargaining AGREEMENTS are, needs to be spread around and educate Wisconsinites. The unions are going to hammer Wisconsin with major disinformation to convince many to recall our Republican senators. A more informed public could help the unions waste money on failed recalls.
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:27:20 AM PDT
by
Ladysmith
("There is no right that allows one person to place a burden on another." - Quinn)
To: Ladysmith
It has always been a battle about getting the truth to the public. It is a difficult fight when the leftist media frames the debate over whether 3 percent of the population of Wisconsin gets to force the rest of the state to support them in the way they wish to be supported, as a “fight for democracy and basic rights”.
To: Hoodat
Actually, if we start using their language, those who are confused by the way the term “Rights” is used will think it’s correct.
I saw and understand “Individual Bargaining Rights” but that’s easy here since we’re preaching to the choir. We’ve got to make it clear these are Agreements dictated by contracts, not Rights given by the Constitution.
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:32:18 AM PDT
by
Ladysmith
("There is no right that allows one person to place a burden on another." - Quinn)
To: Ladysmith
Well said! Rights are rights and privileges are privileges.
Individual negotiating is simply an extension of freedom of association, and the right NOT to associate with another worker.
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posted on
03/13/2011 7:37:58 AM PDT
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
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