Trouble in Wisconsin Unions yea or nay (157)
Governor Walker, has no wish to sit for down for talks to compromise he wants to declare victory over the public employee unions, i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health care,
I don't know if you saw Governor Walker's speech today, but he pointed out that 25 years ago Wisconsin was in the same situation as today. The same thing happened back then with much criticism of the Governor to make tough decisions.
It pulled the State out.
Our President Obama is always saying that "We must make tough decisions". Then why is he wimpy and supports the Unions?
They elected him.
It pulled the State out.
Our President Obama is always saying that "We must make tough decisions". Then why is he wimpy and supports the Unions?
They elected him.
i just watch Governor Walker's speech,its the same bs.he wants to take away workers rights,hes useing their wages and health care to rid workers rights plan and simple
Dragge56: i just watch Governor Walker's speech,its the same bs.he wants to take away workers rights,hes useing their wages and health care to rid workers rights plan and simple
jvaski: Interestingly enough I just went twice last year to visit a buddy in Clovis ( adjoining Fresno )
We spent days fishing in Shaver lake, Huntington lake, Hensley lake, Bass lake,Millerton Lake, etc etc .....
Asolutely beautiful country right off his back yard !
You should go there sometime , and pull your head out of your rear for a little fishing and countyside relaxation
We spent days fishing in Shaver lake, Huntington lake, Hensley lake, Bass lake,Millerton Lake, etc etc .....
Asolutely beautiful country right off his back yard !
You should go there sometime , and pull your head out of your rear for a little fishing and countyside relaxation
But then .....some of you might enjoy LAX and sitting in Los Angeles for your vacation instead........
If the States do not pass these bills, they will fire many public workers. They will have to do that.
We all make concessions in our personal lives with our personal budgets to keep our money.
Why should Public workers be different?
The price of Gold and Silver has doubled over the past year. The price added more than $14 yesterday.
As oil prices go up, so do precious metals like gold and silver? This is because it is a hedge on inflation.
Our paper money is only backed by faith.
Thomas Jefferson:
"If the American people ever allow private banks
to control the issue of their money,
first by inflation and then by deflation,
the banks and corporations that will
grow up around them (around the banks),
will deprive the people of their property
until their children will wake up homeless
on the continent their fathers conquered."
We all make concessions in our personal lives with our personal budgets to keep our money.
Why should Public workers be different?
The price of Gold and Silver has doubled over the past year. The price added more than $14 yesterday.
As oil prices go up, so do precious metals like gold and silver? This is because it is a hedge on inflation.
Our paper money is only backed by faith.
Thomas Jefferson:
"If the American people ever allow private banks
to control the issue of their money,
first by inflation and then by deflation,
the banks and corporations that will
grow up around them (around the banks),
will deprive the people of their property
until their children will wake up homeless
on the continent their fathers conquered."
the unions have to much power and is breaking this nation economically. the workers should get raises and boneses based on merit
JohnWork merits...that are what I'm trying to say also.
When people give up in their lives with problems, they think of this song. We must never give up; there is a higher power other than Unions. We as people are the power to decide our own fate.
We as a power of one, has very little influence in the world. As a power of 2, it increases the percentage to 67%. As group like us on CS, we increase our power to over 90%.
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
We as a power of one, has very little influence in the world. As a power of 2, it increases the percentage to 67%. As group like us on CS, we increase our power to over 90%.
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
john12196341: the unions have to much power and is breaking this nation economically. the workers should get raises and boneses based on merit
I don't think it is the unions that are breaking this nation John. I think that the leaders and politicians are manipulating the coffers and lining their pockets. When I think of all the money that is made from casino and lottery profits and how so much of this money was to be earmarked for the public school systems I am rather angry at the lies that the public and school systems have been handed.
I don't blame the school teachers for going on strike for pay that is due to them or to let the governor know how mad they are on the way that the state had duped them with cutting their school budgets.
johnaustin123: John
Work merits...that are what I'm trying to say also.
Work merits...that are what I'm trying to say also.
How and who would determine a merit pay raise in government and how many others in the hierarchy could block it; especially w/o having to give any justification.
Sounds like favoritism could prevail in determining merit based pay raises in government.... like in the old dark days along incumbent political party lines and not without slush funds too. Doesn't sound fair to me but corrupt. JMO
jvaski: Interestingly enough I just went twice last year to visit a buddy in Clovis ( adjoining Fresno )
We spent days fishing in Shaver lake, Huntington lake, Hensley lake, Bass lake,Millerton Lake, etc etc .....
Asolutely beautiful country right off his back yard !
You should go there sometime , and pull your head out of your rear for a little fishing and countyside relaxation
We spent days fishing in Shaver lake, Huntington lake, Hensley lake, Bass lake,Millerton Lake, etc etc .....
Asolutely beautiful country right off his back yard !
You should go there sometime , and pull your head out of your rear for a little fishing and countyside relaxation
I can't help what CNN reports.
I was at the gym working out, otherwise I would have been watching Fox. (fair and balanced) 
We should all as workers do the best we can for merit. There are many instances when a worker becomes injured or incapacitated because they worked hard for the employer.
Worker Compensation horror story
Michael DiRubio's California Injured Worker...
Worker Compensation horror story
Michael DiRubio's California Injured Worker...
johnaustin123: We should all as workers do the best we can for merit. There are many instances when a worker becomes injured or incapacitated because they worked hard for the employer.
Worker Compensation horror story
Michael DiRubio's California Injured Worker...
Worker Compensation horror story
Michael DiRubio's California Injured Worker...
My life as a dedicated hardworking nurse...6 HERNIATED DISCS for life. T12-L4...I'm one of the Workers' Comp case horror statistics. My employer booted me to the curb and has no work for me any longer. Sure wish I had a union to back me. 13 yrs and got booted because I am no longer useful.
Now I am fighting for Voctional Rehab thru Workers Comp and have been denied. Why? Because I am a nurse and I should be abe to find work. But....I cannot lift the 50 lbs or walk the floos for 8-12 hr shifts, lift patients in home care and I don't have the IT and clerical training to go to other fields within nursing. My specialty is not pediatrics or hospice. But because I am a nurse, I don't qualify for Voc Rehab. I am not placeable jobwise at this point unless some company feels they would take me under their wing. Possibly Hello Walmart
LILLYLADY: My life as a dedicated hardworking nurse...6 HERNIATED DISCS for life. T12-L4...I'm one of the Workers' Comp case horror statistics. My employer booted me to the curb and has no work for me any longer. Sure wish I had a union to back me. 13 yrs and got booted because I am no longer useful.
Now I am fighting for Voctional Rehab thru Workers Comp and have been denied. Why? Because I am a nurse and I should be abe to find work. But....I cannot lift the 50 lbs or walk the floos for 8-12 hr shifts, lift patients in home care and I don't have the IT and clerical training to go to other fields within nursing. My specialty is not pediatrics or hospice. But because I am a nurse, I don't qualify for Voc Rehab. I am not placeable jobwise at this point unless some company feels they would take me under their wing. Possibly Hello Walmart
Now I am fighting for Voctional Rehab thru Workers Comp and have been denied. Why? Because I am a nurse and I should be abe to find work. But....I cannot lift the 50 lbs or walk the floos for 8-12 hr shifts, lift patients in home care and I don't have the IT and clerical training to go to other fields within nursing. My specialty is not pediatrics or hospice. But because I am a nurse, I don't qualify for Voc Rehab. I am not placeable jobwise at this point unless some company feels they would take me under their wing. Possibly Hello Walmart
Correction,"Walk the floors", not the floos. Couldn't make the correcton to stop the screen from printing it once I hit the Post button.
everyone. That is what we need in this discussion...personal stories.
...otherwise, we are only biding our time...
Pink Floyd- Biding my Time with lyrics
I respect both Juan Williams and Shep in a very good and intelligent report.
Shepard Smith on Wisconsin Union Busting
Shepard Smith on Wisconsin Union Busting
And here is why unions should be outlawed.
Are Unions Fighting for the Right to Organize or the Right to Coerce?
This story got a bit lost in the shuffle yesterday, but unions just suffered a big blow in Michigan. Now that the state is controlled by a Republican governor, they just put a stop to one of the most egregious examples of union overreach in the country.
Last year, I wrote about the scheme cooked up by two of America's biggest unions, along with a state government agency, to organize the Michigan's daycare providers. This was done despite the fact there was no significant interest at all in organizing among the daycare providers:
One day last fall, approximately 40,000 private day care owners in Michigan woke up to discover they had become members of a public sector union. Most had no idea what was coming.
Here's how it happened: The United Auto Workers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees worked with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to conduct a vote-by-mail union election.
Of the 40,000 day care workers in the state, only 6,000 responded to the ballot they received in the mail. But that was enough for the state to declare all of the day care owners would henceforth be represented by the newly organized Child Care Providers Together Michigan union.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Michigan's Department of Human Services collects $3.7 million in union dues for the newly created union. These dues are collected by taking money out of child care subsidies the state pays to day care providers.
Are Unions Fighting for the Right to Organize or the Right to Coerce?
This story got a bit lost in the shuffle yesterday, but unions just suffered a big blow in Michigan. Now that the state is controlled by a Republican governor, they just put a stop to one of the most egregious examples of union overreach in the country.
Last year, I wrote about the scheme cooked up by two of America's biggest unions, along with a state government agency, to organize the Michigan's daycare providers. This was done despite the fact there was no significant interest at all in organizing among the daycare providers:
One day last fall, approximately 40,000 private day care owners in Michigan woke up to discover they had become members of a public sector union. Most had no idea what was coming.
Here's how it happened: The United Auto Workers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees worked with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to conduct a vote-by-mail union election.
Of the 40,000 day care workers in the state, only 6,000 responded to the ballot they received in the mail. But that was enough for the state to declare all of the day care owners would henceforth be represented by the newly organized Child Care Providers Together Michigan union.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Michigan's Department of Human Services collects $3.7 million in union dues for the newly created union. These dues are collected by taking money out of child care subsidies the state pays to day care providers.
This is new, but I find flaws in some of the facts. I have seen other polls that differ...like this one we see here on CS.
Poll: Americans Support Unions In Wisconsin, No...
Poll: Americans Support Unions In Wisconsin, No...
You're replying to post made by: Dragge56
Governor Walker, has no wish to sit for down for talks to compromise he wants to declare victory over the public employee unions, i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health care,
Governor Walker did give up his wages (a whole year of wages) before he was elected governor.
Governor Walker, has no wish to sit for down for talks to compromise he wants to declare victory over the public employee unions, i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health care,
Governor Walker did give up his wages (a whole year of wages) before he was elected governor.
Faithfulness!You are there in the middle of this in Wisconsin. You know more than many of us. Great informative comment!
You're replying to post made by: Dragge56
i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health care
Meet Scott Walker
The son of a preacher, Scott Walker grew up in the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin and it's those small town values that make Scott the man he is today. Growing up, Scott's family didn't have a lot. Those lean times taught him to do more with less and he believes government should do the same.
According to Tonette, Scott's wife of 17 years, he is every bit as fiscally conservative when it comes to his personal finances. Scott drives a 1998 Saturn with 100,000 miles on it and packs the same brown bag lunch before heading to the office to save money: two ham and cheese sandwiches on wheat with mayo.
Scott's Brown Bag Guide to Government applies the same kind of small town values and common sense ideas he follows in his personal life:
1. Don't spend more than you have.
2. Smaller government is better government.
3. People create jobs, not government.
When it comes to serving the public, Scott Walker puts his money where his mouth is there too. From 2002 through 2010, Scott and Tonette Walker have given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.
As Governor, Scott Walker will fight to get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so the people of Wisconsin can create 250,000 jobs in our state by 2015. His six point plan can be found at .
The Walker Record
Scott Walker's government reform campaign helped sweep him into the Milwaukee County executive's office in 2002, after serving nearly nine years in the Wisconsin State Legislature. At the time, Milwaukee County was on the precipice of an organizational and financial meltdown; rocked by greedy politicians who had voted to allow themselves and hundreds of career bureaucrats to retire as millionaires at the taxpayers' expense.
Scott has kept his promise to spend the taxpayers' money as if it were his own, introducing eight consecutive county budgets without increasing the property tax levy from the year before. And Scott Walker's record as County Executive has proven time and again, that greater innovation will allow us to maintain essential government services without sacrificing community assets that enhance our quality of life.
Here are just a few of Scott's accomplishments as County Executive:
Reduced the county workforce by more than 20%
Lowered the county debt by 10%
Introduced 8 consecutive budgets without an increase to the property tax levy from the previous year.
Improved the county's bond rating
Milwaukee County Parks won the prestigious 2009 National Gold Medal for Excellence in the Park and Recreation Management Program
Eliminated the waiting list for long-term care for older adults through the Family Care program.
Milwaukee County's Mitchell International Airport received the Transportation Safety Administration's Partnership Award.
Invested over $199 million in renovations and improvements to General Mitchell International Airport without increasing the property tax levy
Airport improvements helped attract nearly 1,000 jobs from Southwest, Air Tran and Republic airlines.
Implemented a pension obligation plan to save Milwaukee County taxpayers $ 237 million
Ready to Lead
The state and national political environment today is very similar to Milwaukee County in 2002. Taxes are too high, government spending is out of control, and corruption and incompetence run rampant.
Scott Walker is uniquely qualified to lead Wisconsin's troubled state government back to fiscal sanity. As, a former state legislator and the Chief Executive of the state's largest county, Scott knows what must be done to put Wisconsin government back on the side of the people and he's willing to stand up against the entrenched special interests to do it.
i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health care
Meet Scott Walker
The son of a preacher, Scott Walker grew up in the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin and it's those small town values that make Scott the man he is today. Growing up, Scott's family didn't have a lot. Those lean times taught him to do more with less and he believes government should do the same.
According to Tonette, Scott's wife of 17 years, he is every bit as fiscally conservative when it comes to his personal finances. Scott drives a 1998 Saturn with 100,000 miles on it and packs the same brown bag lunch before heading to the office to save money: two ham and cheese sandwiches on wheat with mayo.
Scott's Brown Bag Guide to Government applies the same kind of small town values and common sense ideas he follows in his personal life:
1. Don't spend more than you have.
2. Smaller government is better government.
3. People create jobs, not government.
When it comes to serving the public, Scott Walker puts his money where his mouth is there too. From 2002 through 2010, Scott and Tonette Walker have given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.
As Governor, Scott Walker will fight to get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so the people of Wisconsin can create 250,000 jobs in our state by 2015. His six point plan can be found at .
The Walker Record
Scott Walker's government reform campaign helped sweep him into the Milwaukee County executive's office in 2002, after serving nearly nine years in the Wisconsin State Legislature. At the time, Milwaukee County was on the precipice of an organizational and financial meltdown; rocked by greedy politicians who had voted to allow themselves and hundreds of career bureaucrats to retire as millionaires at the taxpayers' expense.
Scott has kept his promise to spend the taxpayers' money as if it were his own, introducing eight consecutive county budgets without increasing the property tax levy from the year before. And Scott Walker's record as County Executive has proven time and again, that greater innovation will allow us to maintain essential government services without sacrificing community assets that enhance our quality of life.
Here are just a few of Scott's accomplishments as County Executive:
Reduced the county workforce by more than 20%
Lowered the county debt by 10%
Introduced 8 consecutive budgets without an increase to the property tax levy from the previous year.
Improved the county's bond rating
Milwaukee County Parks won the prestigious 2009 National Gold Medal for Excellence in the Park and Recreation Management Program
Eliminated the waiting list for long-term care for older adults through the Family Care program.
Milwaukee County's Mitchell International Airport received the Transportation Safety Administration's Partnership Award.
Invested over $199 million in renovations and improvements to General Mitchell International Airport without increasing the property tax levy
Airport improvements helped attract nearly 1,000 jobs from Southwest, Air Tran and Republic airlines.
Implemented a pension obligation plan to save Milwaukee County taxpayers $ 237 million
Ready to Lead
The state and national political environment today is very similar to Milwaukee County in 2002. Taxes are too high, government spending is out of control, and corruption and incompetence run rampant.
Scott Walker is uniquely qualified to lead Wisconsin's troubled state government back to fiscal sanity. As, a former state legislator and the Chief Executive of the state's largest county, Scott knows what must be done to put Wisconsin government back on the side of the people and he's willing to stand up against the entrenched special interests to do it.
Actractorguy: And here is why unions should be outlawed.
Are Unions Fighting for the Right to Organize or the Right to Coerce?
This story got a bit lost in the shuffle yesterday, but unions just suffered a big blow in Michigan. Now that the state is controlled by a Republican governor, they just put a stop to one of the most egregious examples of union overreach in the country.
Last year, I wrote about the scheme cooked up by two of America's biggest unions, along with a state government agency, to organize the Michigan's daycare providers. This was done despite the fact there was no significant interest at all in organizing among the daycare providers:
One day last fall, approximately 40,000 private day care owners in Michigan woke up to discover they had become members of a public sector union. Most had no idea what was coming.
Here's how it happened: The United Auto Workers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees worked with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to conduct a vote-by-mail union election.
Of the 40,000 day care workers in the state, only 6,000 responded to the ballot they received in the mail. But that was enough for the state to declare all of the day care owners would henceforth be represented by the newly organized Child Care Providers Together Michigan union.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Michigan's Department of Human Services collects $3.7 million in union dues for the newly created union. These dues are collected by taking money out of child care subsidies the state pays to day care providers.
Are Unions Fighting for the Right to Organize or the Right to Coerce?
This story got a bit lost in the shuffle yesterday, but unions just suffered a big blow in Michigan. Now that the state is controlled by a Republican governor, they just put a stop to one of the most egregious examples of union overreach in the country.
Last year, I wrote about the scheme cooked up by two of America's biggest unions, along with a state government agency, to organize the Michigan's daycare providers. This was done despite the fact there was no significant interest at all in organizing among the daycare providers:
One day last fall, approximately 40,000 private day care owners in Michigan woke up to discover they had become members of a public sector union. Most had no idea what was coming.
Here's how it happened: The United Auto Workers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees worked with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to conduct a vote-by-mail union election.
Of the 40,000 day care workers in the state, only 6,000 responded to the ballot they received in the mail. But that was enough for the state to declare all of the day care owners would henceforth be represented by the newly organized Child Care Providers Together Michigan union.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Michigan's Department of Human Services collects $3.7 million in union dues for the newly created union. These dues are collected by taking money out of child care subsidies the state pays to day care providers.
I think in some circles that would be called "quid pro quo'.
FreddyGood post. The Dems that left Wisconsin may be under criminal indictment. The Law states though that they can only be held in containment unless they are in session.
Some may go to trial.
Pink Floyd- The Trial
Faithfulness: You're replying to post made by: Dragge56
i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health careMeet Scott Walker
The son of a preacher, Scott Walker grew up in the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin and it's those small town values that make Scott the man he is today. Growing up, Scott's family didn't have a lot. Those lean times taught him to do more with less and he believes government should do the same.
According to Tonette, Scott's wife of 17 years, he is every bit as fiscally conservative when it comes to his personal finances. Scott drives a 1998 Saturn with 100,000 miles on it and packs the same brown bag lunch before heading to the office to save money: two ham and cheese sandwiches on wheat with mayo.
Scott's Brown Bag Guide to Government applies the same kind of small town values and common sense ideas he follows in his personal life:
1. Don't spend more than you have.
2. Smaller government is better government.
3. People create jobs, not government.
When it comes to serving the public, Scott Walker puts his money where his mouth is there too. From 2002 through 2010, Scott and Tonette Walker have given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.
As Governor, Scott Walker will fight to get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so the people of Wisconsin can create 250,000 jobs in our state by 2015. His six point plan can be found at .
The Walker Record
Scott Walker's government reform campaign helped sweep him into the Milwaukee County executive's office in 2002, after serving nearly nine years in the Wisconsin State Legislature. At the time, Milwaukee County was on the precipice of an organizational and financial meltdown; rocked by greedy politicians who had voted to allow themselves and hundreds of career bureaucrats to retire as millionaires at the taxpayers' expense.
Scott has kept his promise to spend the taxpayers' money as if it were his own, introducing eight consecutive county budgets without increasing the property tax levy from the year before. And Scott Walker's record as County Executive has proven time and again, that greater innovation will allow us to maintain essential government services without sacrificing community assets that enhance our quality of life.
Here are just a few of Scott's accomplishments as County Executive:
Reduced the county workforce by more than 20%
Lowered the county debt by 10%
Introduced 8 consecutive budgets without an increase to the property tax levy from the previous year.
Improved the county's bond rating
Milwaukee County Parks won the prestigious 2009 National Gold Medal for Excellence in the Park and Recreation Management Program
Eliminated the waiting list for long-term care for older adults through the Family Care program.
Milwaukee County's Mitchell International Airport received the Transportation Safety Administration's Partnership Award.
Invested over $199 million in renovations and improvements to General Mitchell International Airport without increasing the property tax levy
Airport improvements helped attract nearly 1,000 jobs from Southwest, Air Tran and Republic airlines.
Implemented a pension obligation plan to save Milwaukee County taxpayers $ 237 million
Ready to Lead
The state and national political environment today is very similar to Milwaukee County in 2002. Taxes are too high, government spending is out of control, and corruption and incompetence run rampant.
Scott Walker is uniquely qualified to lead Wisconsin's troubled state government back to fiscal sanity. As, a former state legislator and the Chief Executive of the state's largest county, Scott knows what must be done to put Wisconsin government back on the side of the people and he's willing to stand up against the entrenched special interests to do it.
i like to see Governor Walker give up his wages and health careMeet Scott Walker
The son of a preacher, Scott Walker grew up in the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin and it's those small town values that make Scott the man he is today. Growing up, Scott's family didn't have a lot. Those lean times taught him to do more with less and he believes government should do the same.
According to Tonette, Scott's wife of 17 years, he is every bit as fiscally conservative when it comes to his personal finances. Scott drives a 1998 Saturn with 100,000 miles on it and packs the same brown bag lunch before heading to the office to save money: two ham and cheese sandwiches on wheat with mayo.
Scott's Brown Bag Guide to Government applies the same kind of small town values and common sense ideas he follows in his personal life:
1. Don't spend more than you have.
2. Smaller government is better government.
3. People create jobs, not government.
When it comes to serving the public, Scott Walker puts his money where his mouth is there too. From 2002 through 2010, Scott and Tonette Walker have given back over $370,000 of his salary to the county.
As Governor, Scott Walker will fight to get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so the people of Wisconsin can create 250,000 jobs in our state by 2015. His six point plan can be found at .
The Walker Record
Scott Walker's government reform campaign helped sweep him into the Milwaukee County executive's office in 2002, after serving nearly nine years in the Wisconsin State Legislature. At the time, Milwaukee County was on the precipice of an organizational and financial meltdown; rocked by greedy politicians who had voted to allow themselves and hundreds of career bureaucrats to retire as millionaires at the taxpayers' expense.
Scott has kept his promise to spend the taxpayers' money as if it were his own, introducing eight consecutive county budgets without increasing the property tax levy from the year before. And Scott Walker's record as County Executive has proven time and again, that greater innovation will allow us to maintain essential government services without sacrificing community assets that enhance our quality of life.
Here are just a few of Scott's accomplishments as County Executive:
Reduced the county workforce by more than 20%
Lowered the county debt by 10%
Introduced 8 consecutive budgets without an increase to the property tax levy from the previous year.
Improved the county's bond rating
Milwaukee County Parks won the prestigious 2009 National Gold Medal for Excellence in the Park and Recreation Management Program
Eliminated the waiting list for long-term care for older adults through the Family Care program.
Milwaukee County's Mitchell International Airport received the Transportation Safety Administration's Partnership Award.
Invested over $199 million in renovations and improvements to General Mitchell International Airport without increasing the property tax levy
Airport improvements helped attract nearly 1,000 jobs from Southwest, Air Tran and Republic airlines.
Implemented a pension obligation plan to save Milwaukee County taxpayers $ 237 million
Ready to Lead
The state and national political environment today is very similar to Milwaukee County in 2002. Taxes are too high, government spending is out of control, and corruption and incompetence run rampant.
Scott Walker is uniquely qualified to lead Wisconsin's troubled state government back to fiscal sanity. As, a former state legislator and the Chief Executive of the state's largest county, Scott knows what must be done to put Wisconsin government back on the side of the people and he's willing to stand up against the entrenched special interests to do it.
Governor Walker sent out a form letter today to all State offices. It says that 15,000 workers will be laid off and that he will follow-up with an individual list.
The unemployment numbers look a little better this week. Factored in is that 30,000 workers in the Public sector have lost their jobs recently but manufacturing jobs made a big gain. Retail lost jobs also.
The trend seems to be toward the Private sector that tends to be un-unionized.
The Unemployment Blues
The unemployment numbers look a little better this week. Factored in is that 30,000 workers in the Public sector have lost their jobs recently but manufacturing jobs made a big gain. Retail lost jobs also.
The trend seems to be toward the Private sector that tends to be un-unionized.
The Unemployment Blues
I made a typo in my report that 15,000 workers were going to have pink slips. The actual number is 1500 in Wisconsin. The 15,000 figure may be relatively close to the National figure.
I saved this personal Union story for you:
In 1989, I worked for a nonunion Company in Ohio to install and service Security Camera’s. We were hired by Midland Steel in Cleveland, Ohio. Midland was in a very violent battle with the local Union.
We completed the job, but were called back a few days later because a camera was not working. We always worked as a duo for safety reasons. When we found the camera, I climbed the ladder and opened camera enclosure. What I found was a bullet hole into the side of the camera from a high powered rifle.
The Union local was directly across the street…only a couple of hundred feet away.
Midland Steel asked us if we could install a camera on their roof to look directly at the Union Hall. We said yes because we had an automatic telescopic lens that could zoom in and even read the fliers on their walls.
This was one of the most frightening experiences of my life. We got onto the roof with the camera equipment. We saw how close the Union Hall was from us. Fortunately, there was a 3 foot brick firewall across the top of the building. We worked on our backs to install the camera with protection from the firewall.
This story is absolutely true and I hope that you have enjoyed it. I think about it daily.
I saved this personal Union story for you:
In 1989, I worked for a nonunion Company in Ohio to install and service Security Camera’s. We were hired by Midland Steel in Cleveland, Ohio. Midland was in a very violent battle with the local Union.
We completed the job, but were called back a few days later because a camera was not working. We always worked as a duo for safety reasons. When we found the camera, I climbed the ladder and opened camera enclosure. What I found was a bullet hole into the side of the camera from a high powered rifle.
The Union local was directly across the street…only a couple of hundred feet away.
Midland Steel asked us if we could install a camera on their roof to look directly at the Union Hall. We said yes because we had an automatic telescopic lens that could zoom in and even read the fliers on their walls.
This was one of the most frightening experiences of my life. We got onto the roof with the camera equipment. We saw how close the Union Hall was from us. Fortunately, there was a 3 foot brick firewall across the top of the building. We worked on our backs to install the camera with protection from the firewall.
This story is absolutely true and I hope that you have enjoyed it. I think about it daily.
This is a real mess in Wisconsin. Protesters finding a way to enter the building through a window to get inside the State building and having to be dragged out by Wisconsin Police Authorities. (Most of you have seen the videos).
The Pubs surprised the Dems by finding a way to vote on collective bargaining. I’ve seen the Wisconsin constitutional law's that the Pubs used, and it looks like what they did was legal.
One of the most frightening things I saw was that there was no way to check for guns on the protesters. Many of you may be also aware of the death threats against GOP lawmakers by email. The death threat letter is posted all over the news.
This issue also came up:
What if it was the Tea Party doing these protests?
The Lib Media would be all over them. Since these protesters are left of center, they get by from some media sources.
Megyn Kelly - Biography - FoxNews.com
political news - wisconsin union vote PASSED - unions lose bargaining rights
The Pubs surprised the Dems by finding a way to vote on collective bargaining. I’ve seen the Wisconsin constitutional law's that the Pubs used, and it looks like what they did was legal.
One of the most frightening things I saw was that there was no way to check for guns on the protesters. Many of you may be also aware of the death threats against GOP lawmakers by email. The death threat letter is posted all over the news.
This issue also came up:
What if it was the Tea Party doing these protests?
The Lib Media would be all over them. Since these protesters are left of center, they get by from some media sources.
Megyn Kelly - Biography - FoxNews.com
political news - wisconsin union vote PASSED - unions lose bargaining rights
johnaustin123: This is a real mess in Wisconsin. Protesters finding a way to enter the building through a window to get inside the State building and having to be dragged out by Wisconsin Police Authorities. (Most of you have seen the videos).
The Pubs surprised the Dems by finding a way to vote on collective bargaining. I’ve seen the Wisconsin constitutional law's that the Pubs used, and it looks like what they did was legal.
One of the most frightening things I saw was that there was no way to check for guns on the protesters. Many of you may be also aware of the death threats against GOP lawmakers by email. The death threat letter is posted all over the news.
This issue also came up:
What if it was the Tea Party doing these protests?
The Lib Media would be all over them. Since these protesters are left of center, they get by from some media sources.
Megyn Kelly - Biography - FoxNews.com
political news - wisconsin union vote PASSED - unions lose bargaining rights
The Pubs surprised the Dems by finding a way to vote on collective bargaining. I’ve seen the Wisconsin constitutional law's that the Pubs used, and it looks like what they did was legal.
One of the most frightening things I saw was that there was no way to check for guns on the protesters. Many of you may be also aware of the death threats against GOP lawmakers by email. The death threat letter is posted all over the news.
This issue also came up:
What if it was the Tea Party doing these protests?
The Lib Media would be all over them. Since these protesters are left of center, they get by from some media sources.
Megyn Kelly - Biography - FoxNews.com
political news - wisconsin union vote PASSED - unions lose bargaining rights
Where's Obama? He should be speaking out about the violence like he did when Gabby was shot.
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Oddly enough, I'll be buying in Hawaii within the next year which is at least as expensive. That's where I'll call home after I'm done with this job and really starting to get excited at the prospect. Now if the housing market would improve enough to sell my house in Alabama and S. Carolina..
Hell, the california economy is so bad you could probably buy a house w/what you have in your billfold.