If Walker liberated his citizens from automatic paycheck withdrawal of union fees, why not liberate them from Unions while the iron was hot? Why did he ‘stand up’, then sit back down when and while victory was assured?
It’s his state, but implementing RTW would make WI much more appealing for businesses to move to. Union goons trashed his Capitol, tried to ruin his life, threatened his family, why didn’t he cut them off at the knees when it was a sure thing?
Sounds more like a treaty or truce than ‘defeated the Unions.’ But it’s his state, again, so?
Its not dishonest.
Walker stands out among politicians because he follows through with his campaign. Jobs, concealed carry, killing high speed rail, pro-life and cutting spending. He did include reforms of public unions in his plan. These were the source of Wisconsin’s rising taxes and debt - as well as crappy academic performance in the inner city.
He was quite explicit that he was not after private unions, especially while the Act 10 insurrection was active.
He struck a death blow to the public employees unions. Who else has done that?
http://mediatrackers.org/wisconsin/2012/05/31/union-membership-plummets-in-wisconsin
You want him to be more conservative, fine. Wisconsin has a lot of blue collar culture. My family is still not speaking from the Act 10 fight. I’m fine with right to work energy coming from the now even more conservative Republican state legislature and Walker not looking like another Obama, evolving after his election.
Don’t make some story that Walker is some kind of running coward when he never listed right to work as a goal. When he (and his lt governor, and the Republican leadership) has stayed the course through a deluge of credible death threats to his family. The thugs were back in front of his house night before last.