Posted on 03/30/2011 3:36:01 PM PDT by yoe
The protests in Wisconsin are a perfect representation of the American Left: loud, selfish, churlish, anti-democratic, and unshakably assured of their inalienable right to get paid for doing nothing. And make no mistake, the chaos rending Madison is precisely the future Barack Obama wishes for every state in the union, because only such radical paralysis can allow him to press forward with his unpopular agenda. That is why the president has sided with the left-wing crowd in Wisconsin in ways that some liberals believe may be unconstitutional (and thus (Impeachable)
Although left-wingers continually begged President Bush to demand the American people “sacrifice” during his administration, Big Labor has no intention of putting its own gains upon the altar. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has taken perhaps the most moderate, common sense course for a state facing a (Protests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor) over the next two years. Not a single state employee will lose his job, not a single salary will be cut; he merely reduced the benefits package by asking public employees to pay for 12.6 percent of their health insurance. (They currently pay a whopping four percent; for every $40 they pay toward their benefits, taxpayers are on the hook for $960.) They must vote to recertify their union each year, and their pay raises will not exceed inflation – (unless the voters approve it.) The state will only match their retirement contribution, not pay 100 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at sodahead.com ...
They are nasty people... and Walker and the republicans there need to know we are behind them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBKr7owv604
The unions are communists controlled organizations and it is the power they will not lose. Most of it's members are just union dues paid slaves and are either too dumb to realize who they are or are just too afraid to quit.
It’s not about the workers, it never was or is. It’s about power and the concentration of it. Nobody in history has ever given power back without force of arms or the threat of it.
“Nobody in history has ever given power back without force of arms or the threat of it.”
Actually it happened for the first time in 1801 when Thomas Jefferson became President and John Adams relinquished power.
I recall something Tony Montana said about Communists...
I would prefer some union bosses lose their jobs.
IDEA: The special Railroad retirement and Government retirement plans need to be ROLLED INTO social security! Time to let THEM share the pain!
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