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Democrat Senator's absence to cost Wisconsin $165 Million
American Thinker ^ | February 25, 2011 | Phil Boehmke

Posted on 02/26/2011 5:38:00 PM PST by george76

By choosing to pander to their public sector union supporters and financiers rather than serve the hard working taxpayers of Wisconsin, the 14 Democrat Senators who are cowering in the People’s Republic of Illinois will bear the responsibility for $165 million in additional debt service costs. Lost amid the well organized protests in Madison and dwarfed by rumors of crippling strikes in the wake of meaningful fiscal reform is today’s deadline for debt restructuring.

The obstructionist Democrat Senators disgraceful action will now be paid for by the people of Wisconsin.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: taketheirpay; wisconsinshowdown
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To: Bigh4u2

Obamarats


21 posted on 02/26/2011 5:52:03 PM PST by madison10
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To: george76

Democrats prefer to waste taxpayer money by giving it to their pals. If that option is unavailable, they’ll settle for just pissing it away for nothing.


22 posted on 02/26/2011 5:52:32 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Crawdad

Have you notice Fox News and the others do not refer to these Unions a Government Employee Unions?


23 posted on 02/26/2011 5:53:19 PM PST by screaminsunshine (34 States)
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To: george76

Democrats just love spending and wasting money, especially when it isn’t their money they are wasting. The unions need to go down now, which will be a major blow to the democrats. Makes me wonder what will happen to corrupt Chicago politics if they don’t have all of that union money coming in.


24 posted on 02/26/2011 5:53:53 PM PST by bcr100
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To: eyedigress

Maybe the much-touted “high speed rail” will prove useful after all...


25 posted on 02/26/2011 5:56:10 PM PST by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: george76
Oh crap, I hate it when I find out one of the Flee-baggers lives just over the hill from the family homestead in Alma, WI. Strange though, I though most of the people I grew up with in that area were conservatives... Well, at least compared to the idiots in Madison (Mad-City).
26 posted on 02/26/2011 5:57:21 PM PST by Traveler59 (Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
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To: hal ogen

LoL, 6 guys can get going pretty fast!


27 posted on 02/26/2011 5:58:25 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: george76

Yes, but $165 million is chicken feed to a Democrat.


28 posted on 02/26/2011 6:00:44 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: bcr100

They do not mind it cause they do not create it. They do not understand basic business. They really do believe there is a bucket filled with money, just behind the door, That prick of a boss is living like a king while they slave to make Him rich.

But never do they question the union boss in the limo


29 posted on 02/26/2011 6:01:17 PM PST by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: sionnsar

bttt


30 posted on 02/26/2011 6:01:38 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Crawdad

It certainly should have been something to address to the public more vociferously, however it isn’t the focus for now. The focus it would seem to me is the runaway Democrats, and the Union cause, and I believe rightfully so.

Perhaps you and myself can walk and chew gum at the same time, but it seems easy for the masses to become confused if more than a single issue is presented at a time.


31 posted on 02/26/2011 6:01:49 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: rockinqsranch

The polls don’t look good for the unions or the Dems.


32 posted on 02/26/2011 6:06:01 PM PST by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: Big Horn

You’re correct. Americans don’t like thugs and thieves.


33 posted on 02/26/2011 6:10:28 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: reefdiver
I call this a “Scrooge McDuck Understanding of Economics”.
Remember the old Disney character Scrooge McDuck, Donald's rich uncle. In the comic books & comic strips and occasionally on the old Disney TV show we would see old Uncle Srcooge going to his basement and rolling around in coins and bills, almost swimming in a room full of money. RATS, Unionists believe this is real. This in how the boss-man lives, it really shows the utter lack of intellectual sophistication (in spite of all their pretensions to the contrary!)and fantasy driven thinking that is the foundation of RAT thinking.

If you can call it thinking!

34 posted on 02/26/2011 6:15:03 PM PST by Reily
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To: george76
Democrat Senator's Absence"

You mean to tell me ONE Senator's absence costs $165M?

C'mon, Mr. Boehmke/American Thinker.

We have enough insults to our intelligence without your title writers getting plural possessives wrong.

35 posted on 02/26/2011 6:16:23 PM PST by fightinJAG (TAXPAYERS OF THE WORLD UNITE)
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To: george76

The headline “Democrat Senator’s absence to cost Wisconsin $165 Million” implies a singular senator. Does it refer to one in particular or is this yet another case in a LONG list of jernalists hoo kan nither rite nor spel?


36 posted on 02/26/2011 6:18:58 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|http://pure-gas.org|Must be a day for changing taglines)
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To: george76

I wonder if the Dems have violated any statutes in causing this to happen.


37 posted on 02/26/2011 6:20:25 PM PST by Qbert ("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: george76
"The obstructionist Democrat Senators disgraceful action will now be paid for by the people tax payers of Wisconsin."
There. Fixed it.
38 posted on 02/26/2011 6:21:56 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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To: george76

Interesting that urpenbach doesn’t allow any comments on his site any longer, which means that he is getting a lot of negative comments..


39 posted on 02/26/2011 6:27:25 PM PST by richardtavor (One of the rare establishmt R,epublicans backed by the "Tea Party" movement that wants limited gove)
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To: hal ogen

As Margaret Thatcher said, Socialism ceases to exist when they run out of other people’s money. We are broke..


40 posted on 02/26/2011 6:32:38 PM PST by richardtavor (One of the rare establishmt R,epublicans backed by the "Tea Party" movement that wants limited gove)
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