Posted on 02/21/2011 5:45:42 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
In barely eight weeks, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a college dropout and Eagle Scout, has placed himself and his state in the center of a national storm.
Walker, a 43-year-old Republican, has divided his own state into partisan camps with his attempt to lower its budget deficit by raising benefit contributions by unionized employees and by erasing many rights under collective bargaining. He has made Wisconsin the focus of a debate over the influence unions should have when state treasuries are tapped out and taxpayers cry that they’ve had enough.
If there’s a lesson in what he’s doing, it’s that voters ought to take candidate positions seriously. Sometimes, politicians really do what they say they will.
His administration has been controversial from its start in January. He turned down an $810 million federal gift for a high-speed rail line because he said Wisconsin couldn’t afford its part of the costs. He partially privatized the state Department of Commerce, forcing some workers to reapply for their jobs.
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Illinois state Sen. Matt Murphy, a Republican from the Palatine-based 27th District, said Walker is showing courage because “public sector unions are disproportionately powerful in state capitals right now.” Murphy, who has advocated cuts in pension benefits for state workers, said Walker is raising his profile in the party.
“He may want to run his state for a while” and not make a bid in 2012, Murphy said. “But he’s earning a lot of goodwill,” he said.
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It would be nice if the taxpayers would get the picture about unions. There’s this issue in Wisconsin, which is huge. But do the taxpayers even remember what happened a couple months ago in NY when people died during blizzards because the union bosses encouraged a work slow-down? A few events like these, and maybe citizens will start figuring out that these parasites are not worthy.
Love it!
The teacher’s unions are a relic. The education system is one big FAIL, biding its time till utter and complete bankruptcy, predicated upon the disreputable blank slate theory and the notion of unlimited funding.
Actually, I'm assuming they did and that's why he is now governor.
Dems like to ignore what they don’t want to do.
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"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it."
The msm is very skilled in Alinsky Rule #13.
Identify, isolate, freeze and escalate (personalize it and polarize).
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