Posted on 06/01/2012 6:12:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
Labor Vs. Taxpayers: Public-sector unions have had it their way for decades. That will change — and not just in one state — if Scott Walker survives Tuesday's recall vote.
Does Wisconsin matter? To hear some recent spin from Barack Obama's campaign, not as much as you would think.
Voters there on Tuesday will be deciding the political fate of Republican Gov. Walker, along with lieutenant governor and four state senators, in the state's first-ever statewide recall election. The combatants have spent an estimated $60 million so far. It looks to us like a mighty big deal, with big implications for national politics.
But Obama's deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, said the recall will have no bearing on the presidential election.
"This is a gubernatorial race with a guy who was recalled and a challenger trying to get him out of office," she sold MSNBC. "It has nothing to do with President Obama at the top of the ticket, and it certainly doesn't have anything to do with Mitt Romney at the top of the Republican ticket."
That's literally true, but misleading. Romney and Obama aren't on Tuesday's ballot, but let's not pretend this vote is just a sideshow. It's the nation's second most significant election this year. If the presidency isn't directly at stake on Tuesday, the future of organized labor is. Likewise for the Democratic Party, which depends on union money and members to win elections.
The election to recall Walker and his GOP allies is about one issue — collective bargaining for public employees. You can tune out everything else on the list of alleged sins that the Republicans have committed. If they had left the public-sector unions alone, none of this would be happening.
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AMEN!! Katy bar the door if the left wins.
-——the real reason for this is the elimination of automatic dues witholding. The union hacks know that many members will not voluntarily feed the beast.——
Wish I had the link but I read somewhere paying union members (forget which union) in Wisconsin is down 28 % since mandatory payroll deductions were eliminated ....
If the Wisconsin Governors election is not relevant to “Oloosers” and the Demodummies future, why the heck is Bill “Stainmaster” Clinton expounding for Barrett in Milwaukee? The Demodummies cannot afford to lose Wisconsin and if they do, Hell has broken loose.
Go Gov. Walker!!!!
We need to PRAY for Gov. Walker!!
“There is no one elected by he taxpayer represented in the process.”
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In the La Crosse Wisconsin school district the school board worked with the teachers union to rush and extend the union contract before Walkers Act-10 deadline. Three of the school board members, including the president and vice president signed the recall Walker petitions. Now we have a $1,250,000.00 budget shortfall resulting in teacher layoffs.
This is a huge conflict of interest and breach of ethics, yet my local liberal newspaper refuses to investigate it.
SHAME SHAME SHAME
"who WAS RECALLED???
When Bobo wants to send someone who doesn’t know what she’s talking about, it’s always Cutter. You’d think the girl would wake up and smell the coffee burning...
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