He needs to reassure people going forward that this was a modest, reasonable solution to a serious problem, and show tangible, positive, "pocketbook" impact - like pulling back the layoff notices to 1500 state workers. Those are REAL jobs that were saved by passage of this bill - let raving loons like that idiot Peter Barca tell the people of Wisconsin he'd rather see those families suffer.
Like Rush often says, "conservatism works every time it's tried" - and we will now see positive change in Wisconsin as a result of Gov. Walkers courage and commitment to those principles.
Any school district that had many teachers missing during this fiasco, pull your kids out of them immediately and put them in a non radical school district, private school, or homeschool them.
We can’t leave our kids to the irresponsible union thugs to use against us. The teachers that don’t use our children in these matters should be congratulated.
Wow-—a reasonable and level-headed Governor and the leftists controlled by Union thugs made him out to be a heinous villain. Talk about shame? Shame on them for embracing their own liars and selfish crooks.
The Left tried to cover all unions with blanket statements during this episode; the fact is that he fought a union that taxpayers contribute to involuntarily, which then used the taxpayer funds to lobby for even more taxpayer funds.
Very different than private sector unions, though the “media” did its best to conceal the difference; that slob Michael Moore worked with them to do that as well.
The free market will control them.
Private unions don’t need the govt to reduce them. The market has been doing that for a few decades. Outside of the automakers, pipefitters, ironworkers, private unions have been steadily on the decline.
And why SHOULDN’T he??
If you ask me, unions are just havens for the lazy and dimwitted. They’re thieves, soaking employers and leaving the scraps for us non-Unionized little people.
They’re scum, fire them all.
So it's politically smart for him not to jump in and call for a Right-to-Work bill. Don't get me wrong, he hasn't said he doesn't support it, just saying that now's not the good time to bring it up.
Scott, unions are not people. They have no rights.
I don’t care for unions, period. But there is a HUGE difference between a private and public union. With the private union, those “giving” them the entitlements risk their businesses in the negotiation. This reins in such entitlements ... the “owners” know that if they give too much, they simply lose everything. Not so with public unions. They are “negotiating” with the politicians. These people have a “no risk” position because they are negotiating about money that is not theirs ... and if they are wrong, they simply shrug their shoulders and move on. A union should only be allowed to negotiate with the people who’s money they are using. For the private union, the corporation take the risk. For public unions, the TAXPAYERS take the risk ... and the taxpayers are NOT represented in these negotiations. (When was the last time your Senator sat down with the public union to “negotiate” a deal?). Unions should be allowed, but only if they are negotiating with the people who “have” (not control and dole out) the money. Who is a union “against”? They are against “management”. Who is “management” for a public union ... WE THE TAXPAYERS ARE MANAGEMENT ... these unions ARE AGAINST US! Outlaw them. Our politicians pick our pockets, line theirs and hand the rest off to the unions. This is no different that “buying a vote”. Which is illegal!