You know that Wisconsin's new Republican governor is attempting to take collective bargaining rights away from most public sector employees in the name of austerity and eliminating a purported $137M deficit.
Now we learn that according to Wisconsin's own fiscal bureau the state would likely have had a surplus of $121M if it were not for tax policies the new Governor just got passed by the Republican-dominated legislature.
This is an assault on public workers' collective bargaining rights not for fiscal reasons but for ideological ones.
Posted by Linkmeister at February 17, 2011 12:23 PM | TrackBackYes, I've been watching it on MSNBC. "The Ed Show" is the best coverage on this around. And look out for problems in Ohio, as their governor is trying to pull the same thing.
The Republicans have started their big push to crush the unions. It's really sad. The unions led to the expansion of the middle class that pushed our country into its most productive age and now the Repubs want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg. Unbelieveable!!
Posted by: Illanoy Gal at February 17, 2011 11:46 PMIt's really amazing how the Republicans would rather not have any golden eggs than share them with anyone else.
Posted by: Bruce Cohen (Speaker to Managers) at February 18, 2011 12:31 PMUnions are principal sources of campaign dollars for Democrats and, even more importantly, principal partners in Get-Out-the-Vote activities for Democrats.
Destroy unions, destroy Democratic partners.
Posted by: Linkmeister at February 18, 2011 12:57 PM