I hope Gov. Walker hangs tough and breaks the union. Reagan broke PATCO and it set the tone for his presidency. If Gov. Walker can break the greedy teachers and public employees union, it will cause a ripple effect across the country in states with Republican controlled State Houses and Governorships. The time to break the greedy public sector employees is NOW!
Organizing for America is having a meeting at the Appleton public library on Monday night. As I understand it, all meetings at the public library must be open to the public. Anyone in the Appleton area on Monday night could drop in and see what they’re up to.
There is a need for a 3/5ths quorum ONLY for tax/appropriations bills. For bills that do not involve Wisc spending money, only a simple majority is needed for a quorum.
All the Repubs need to do is word their bills as non-appropriations bills, pass them, and send them to the Gov for signature. Bills like removing a need for the state to forward union dues is not an appropriation.
People should put pressure on the Repub senators to declare a quorum for non-fiscal bills and just start passing an agenda rapid-fire. Starting with making Wisc a right-to-work state, and passing Vermont-style no-license CCW.
IMO there’s not a damned thing wrong with union busting. The WI Gov should fire every damned one of the state employees that are involved in the sick-out protests and local governments and school districts should do the same. Folks in WI should demand it.
The time to break the greedy public sector employees & unions who have sucked from the tit of the American people for much too long. As far as Obama’s Organizing for Americia - big deal - we’re already saw that in his campaign. Nothing new. Chicago slugs on parade.