Walker's Political Agenda

 Wisconsin's new governor, Dictator [Scott] Walker is pushing through a bill that would demolish all public sector unions with the exception of firefighter, police, and state trooper unions. It would also more than double how much employees must pay for health insurance and increase how much they must pay for their pension. He then alerted the National Guard about potential unrest and protests. This is all in the name of fixing Wisconsin's budget. The result has been tens of thousands of protestors in Madison. Schools have also been cancelled across the state because of teachers calling in sick. State Senators fled the state to delay the vote on this bill, so it is currently at a standstill.

           First reaction: The problem is the health insurance system, so why punish public employees and force them to take on the burden? Especially when this bill would require many poor public employees to drop their health insurance.

           Second reaction: This is not to fix a budget, but rather fulfill a political agenda in two ways.

Union organizations are some of the top outside contributors to elections in Wisconsin and mostly for the democrats; others are corporations that support Republicans. If this attack on Unions is successful in WI, then it will be successful in other states. This is a political move to break up organizations that fund democrats, which is why fire fighters, police, and state troopers are exempt from the bill, those unions supported Walker.  
Also, we do not even have a budget crisis. Walker claims that he must fix a $137 million deficit, when he recently spent over $140 million supporting special interest. While Walker is blaming how much it costs to pay public employees, 2/3 of corporations don't pay taxes in Wisconsin.

First off, I am not a Democrat. As a Libertarian I find this political manipulation disgusting. The fact that people don't see this manipulation, and continue to blame public employees, is also disgusting. Or maybe they realize what is happening, yet do not care for the simple reason they dislike unions. I dislike unions, I want to see reform. But full out annihilation of public sector unions is not a reasonable option.

I applaud all the state senators that fled the state. Many argue that they should return to negotiate, but it is the Governor who refuses to negotiate. It is up to the people of Wisconsin to stand up against this assault if we want any hope of stopping this extreme legislation. Of course Scott Walker doesn't care, he says "If anything, I think [protests in Madison] made the Republicans in the Assembly and the Senate stronger, they're not going to be bullied. They're not going to be intimidated." Protestors in Madison are apparently bullies, yet what he is doing is purely in the name of democracy. He thinks that because he was voted into office he has free reign to force through any legislation he wants. I personally do not tolerate this, does the rest of Wisconsin?



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