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Thousands of Union Protesters Storm WI State Capitol; Target Homes of GOP Lawmakers
Fox News ^ | Feb 17, 2011

Posted on 02/17/2011 7:56:36 AM PST by Lazamataz

Behind closed doors, Scott Walker, the Republican who has been governor for about six weeks, calmly described his intent to forge ahead with the plans that had set off the uprising: He wants to require public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions, effectively cutting the take-home pay of many by around 7 percent.

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Scott Fitzgerald, the Republican leader in the State Senate, slipped out of the Capitol Wednesday morning with his sunglasses on, head down. Protesters had gone to his home earlier in the week, forcing his family (including his wife, a school guidance counselor) to go elsewhere for a bit.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: bustunions; chicagoway; civility; communistunions; democratcorruption; democrats; liberalfascism; liberals; liberalviolence; looters; marxistbrotherhood; obama; obamasminions; pensions; progressives; publicsectorunions; scottwalker; socialistdemocrats; strike; unioncorruption; unionfacism; unions; unionthugs; unionviolence; walker; wisconsinshowdown; wisconsinunion
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To: Lazamataz

There is simply no question. Public sector workers make more than private sector workers. Here in Pennsylvania, our crazy pension system allows teachers to retire at 55, and then make 2/3 of the salary they were making when they retired until they die. The teacher must put 7.5% of their salary into the fund every year. Usually, that means a teacher who’s been in the system for 30 years is making $80-90k, so they walk away with $60k a year for the rest of their lives.

Where is that in the private sector? Plus, all their benefits, sick leave, vacation days, gold-plated heathcare are almost completely paid for by the taxpayer as well. Of course, the pension fund is broke, because the amount of money it takes to pay that 55 year old teacher $60k for the rest of their lives is wa-a-a-y more than the pandering politicians thought it would be.

Any politician who is tackling these overfed, bloated public sector employees should be roundly applauded.


121 posted on 02/17/2011 9:27:56 AM PST by Big E
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To: dragnet2
Republicans will immediately fold when the bullhorns and Jesse Jagmo show up singing ‘we shall overcome’.
122 posted on 02/17/2011 9:29:19 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: youngidiot

After 15 years, their average is over $100K. If making less, then are part time.


123 posted on 02/17/2011 9:29:57 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: basil

> Just call in the National Guard with guns at the ready...

Full auto, baby. Get ready, aim, fire!


124 posted on 02/17/2011 9:30:10 AM PST by Peter from Rutland
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To: cyberlaw

It is a proud day to be a Freeper.


125 posted on 02/17/2011 9:31:21 AM PST by cyberlaw
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To: Secret Agent Man; Lazamataz

“Paging President Reagan”

Time to pull another “Air Traffic Controlers” mass firing.


126 posted on 02/17/2011 9:31:47 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (RomneyCare is Mitt`s Chappaquiddick)
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To: manc

What would happen if the PTA (or PTO/PSO) at each school organized a group of parents to go into the classrooms and teach those students who want to show up for school?

Schools are public buildings paid for by the private sector; perhaps some parents in Madison and other cities in WI can take the initiative to render these freeloaders irrelevant.


127 posted on 02/17/2011 9:31:56 AM PST by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: Lazamataz

I was thinking that conservatives could form a ring around the state capitol to show our support for these changes (and to deter these nuts)


128 posted on 02/17/2011 9:32:23 AM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Photos

129 posted on 02/17/2011 9:32:43 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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To: Lazamataz
He wants to require public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions, effectively cutting the take-home pay of many by around 7 percent.

7%? That's IT??? I can count on one hand the number of my friends who DIDN'T get a 10% pay cut in 2009. And they were happy to still have a job, and many now have had their pay restored. But these f-ing ingrates are rioting in the streets and abandoning kids in schools all over a stupid SEVEN PERCENT, when they are amongst the highest-paid citizens in Wisconsin? Just disgusting, treasonous, bastards.

130 posted on 02/17/2011 9:33:51 AM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: dirtboy
I have said for some time that the major upcoming fault line in this country will be between those with government jobs who expect the private sector to keep paying for the gravy train and those in the private sector who have no gravy left to spare.

And unfortunately, they all live next door to each other. It's about to get very ugly. How do you tell your public-servant liberal neighbor that you're going to let their kids, who play on the soccer team with YOUR kids, starve? You know damn well you're going to feed those kids. I've been preaching preparedness for years, and the people who told me they were coming to my house instead have been enlightened that no, they're not, but I will help their children.

131 posted on 02/17/2011 9:35:29 AM PST by nina0113
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Everyone is replaceable.

just ask all the former Congressrats from last November.


132 posted on 02/17/2011 9:36:07 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: Paladin2

Crappola.


133 posted on 02/17/2011 9:37:19 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Not replaceable”...right!

And neither were the Air Traffic fools...they learned, didn’t they?

Thank you for the link!


134 posted on 02/17/2011 9:37:19 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (RomneyCare is Mitt`s Chappaquiddick)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I AM NOT
REPLACEABLE
I AM
PROFESSIONAL

What does that mean?

135 posted on 02/17/2011 9:37:59 AM PST by TankerKC (Confucius say, he who rushes to vote on bill before reading, might forget severability clause.)
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To: Texas Eagle

I bet if the school teachers were allowed to vote by the Union , and given an option of losing their jobs or taking a pay cut. the overwhelming majority would support paying part of their own medical. The union has no intention of allowing them to have a honest vote!


136 posted on 02/17/2011 9:38:18 AM PST by omegadawn (qualified)
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To: Lazamataz
We need to constantly go on every leftwing show and ask if the host endorses the Violence and Hate shown by the Union Communist Movement in Wisconsin.

Or, maybe better: Troll the shows, posing as radical leftists endorsing even greater shows of force by the union thugs... and see what each host does with that.

137 posted on 02/17/2011 9:38:56 AM PST by Constitutionalist Conservative (Two blogs for the price of none!)
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To: TankerKC
Cute huh? She is REPLACEABLE!!


138 posted on 02/17/2011 9:39:03 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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To: LadyBuck

Just curious if these protesting teachers had parents’ permission to take their children off school property?

NO. They did not. Worse, some schools forced their kids to show up at the rally to get their school work.

This action is illegal, and the teachers union and the teachers can be sued via class action on behalf of the parents who are losing work - having to stay home to take care of their kids.

Public opinion in WI land is overwhemingly against these public workers who hate their employers. The illegal strike was the last straw for many parents who might have otherwise supported them.


139 posted on 02/17/2011 9:40:42 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: bolobaby

Having grown up in Madison, I don’t find the actions of public sector union members (especially teachers) at all surprising.

They can yell, scream and protest, within the confines of the law, but when they begin targeting individual legislators at their homes, they should be arrested and held accountable for their disgusting, greedy, intimidating, unlawful behavior.

EODGUY


140 posted on 02/17/2011 9:40:42 AM PST by EODGUY (Hold on to your copies of the Consititution of the United States. It is going to be re-written.)
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