tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post6530925183003399907..comments2024-01-10T14:58:00.833-07:00Comments on Nameless Cynic: On, Wisconsin!Nameless Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-62416505695525952172011-02-21T16:47:13.519-07:002011-02-21T16:47:13.519-07:00You are correct about me calling him "Wilson&...You are correct about me calling him "Wilson" there at the end - thanks for pointing it out. Fixed.<br /><br />That's what happens when I'm still typing after midnight...Nameless Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963921060024737712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20984086.post-90763532804491023772011-02-21T14:48:33.755-07:002011-02-21T14:48:33.755-07:00Scott Walker is the governor of WIsconsin, not Wil...Scott Walker is the governor of WIsconsin, not Wilson. The Wilsons moved to your neighborhood after leaving Washington. Walker is also known locally as "Gov. Wanker" or simply "The Bastard."<br /><br />Here's the other piece: the unions basically said 'ok, we'll pay more for our health insurance, contribute more to our pensions, and take furlough days to help balance the budget' but the Governor turned them down. Because it's not about fiscal responsibility for Wisconsin: it's about removing the rights of unions to collectively bargain -- and that's about breaking the union, pure and simple. Nothing else will do: he won't negotiate.<br /><br />The other piece left out: the Wisconsin state budget was in surplus when Walker took over -- the reason they have a deficit now is because he gave away tax breaks to corporations that didn't need them ... and now there's a hole in the budget, so he figures the union folks should pay for the tax breaks.<br /><br />Oh, and the other part of the bill: giving the governor the authority to sell off state assets: hello windfall for the Koch Brothers.<br /><br />Nice man. The rich get richer, and the rest of us pay more.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941519078670752863noreply@blogger.com