Wisconsin Assembly Passes Anti-Collective Bargaining Bill
- Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:15pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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Editor’s note: This post previously contained a live-stream video of the Assembly’s vote. Now that the vote is over, we have updated the post with the breaking news. The bill, passed by the Assembly and Senate, now goes to Gov. Scott Walker, who will sign it.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin lawmakers have voted to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state’s public workers in one of the strongest blows to the power of unions in years.
The state’s Assembly passed Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s explosive proposal 53-42 Thursday. The state’s Senate approved it the night before after using a procedural move to bypass its AWOL Democrats.
Walker says he’ll sign the legislation as quickly as possible.
The vote brings a swift end to a standoff over union rights that has rocked Wisconsin and the nation. Tens of thousands of protesters have converged on the state’s Capitol for weeks of demonstrations.
The implementation of Walker’s proposal will be a key victory for Republicans who have targeted unions amid efforts to slash government spending.
Below is AP footage of protesters being dragged out of the Wisconsin capital earlier today. The Blaze reported on that here.
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Comments (181)
AuntiEm
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:54pmIts not over. When the union guy was working them into a frenzy, he also told them to make a run on the M&I Bank. That chant was Move your Money. This is about taking down the country.
Report Post »mary12153
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:09pmAhhhh…. these morons don’t have any money!
Report Post »stephenmarkovich
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:53pm“Bill Gross” US has no way out of debt trap.
Pimco CIO Bill Gross, who runs the largest and highly profitable hedge fund says this about entitlements. Hang on folks:
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The answer, he suggests, is to have a serious discussion in Washington about Social Security and Medicare, not just the discretionary spending around the edges. But doing that in a serious way implies a major change in the American way of life, too.
“If we do decide to reduce our deficits, then of course our standard of living will not be what it was because we are simply not allowing enough, or as much, money as we’ve become used to in terms of those entitlement-spending programs,” he says.
A failure to rein in spending and rising interest rates could cause that to spike to “Greek-like” levels if not addressed, Gross warns.
“When a country reaches a certain debt level, confidence in that country’s ability to repay that debt becomes jeopardized,” Gross says.
As for Washington, Gross says, don’t get your hopes up.
“Perhaps in 2012 it will be addressed,” Gross says. However, ultimately, history has proven that both Democrats and Republicans have been big spenders and low taxers, he warns.
“Both are equally at fault here, and to suggest otherwise, I think, is not being realistic,” he says. “I don’t have too much faith and hope.”
Billionaire real-estate magnate Sam Zell, meanwhile, warns that Americans should brace for a “disastrous” 25 percent decline in the standard of living if the U.S. dollar’s reign as the global reserve currency ever ends.
He says that there are signs in the market that it could eventually happen. As it is now, a Korean manufacturer who wants to sell to Brazil must first buy dollars to complete the deal. If countries decide to bypass the dollar, the effect would be a disaster, Zell says.
“Frankly, I think we’re at a tipping point. What’s my biggest single financial concern is the loss of the dollar as the reserve currency,” he told CNBC in an interview. “I can’t imagine anything being more disastrous to our country than if the dollar lost its reserve-currency status.”
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Read more: Pimco’s Gross: US Has No Way Out of Debt Trap
Report Post »dlmcilvain
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:50pmI am a happy cheesehead today!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:07pmCongratulations Cheesehead, I am happy for you and Wisconsin. I am happy because this is the start of the end of public unions.
Report Post »stiadotf
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:50pmI’m glad they finally got this through. Personally, I think the Gov should have fired all the unionized teachers and used scabs instead. The kids would have received a much better education. A lot of teachers out there are incompetent…especially in math and science. The profession needs to be cleansed periodically to get rid of the “dead wood”…
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:48pmtime for extreme union violence and riots and destruction, and all of the Che tricks in their book, time for unions to come out in full force to teach the taxpayes a lesson, you greedy taxpayers, you greedy small buisneess owners, don’t you know it takes a lot of money to not work a full year, and to not pay into your own retirement, or your healthcare. because we have to give a lot of money in union dues to give to democrat polititicans and campaigns, so we unions need more taxpayer money to fund things like that…greedy taxpayes, don’t you get how much you are taking from our lives..now we will have actually PAY for things, besides democrat elections and union dues to keep democrats in power, so we don’t have to pay for those things we are now going to have pay for…how cruel and aweful you taxpayers are……..
Report Post »Zorba53
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:48pmGovernor Walker‘s beef isn’t with the union members, it’s with the fat cat, pay me exorbitant salary union bosses. If there was no forced union membership, the unions would die… or at least become irrelavent. As for Jesse “Take it to the Streets” and “I’m really NOT an Extorsionist” Jackson, this is STILL a country of laws, and inciting riots is against PLENTY of them!
Report Post »Uni Nationi Sub Deo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:43pmFantastic! Now bus all of the screaming vandals back to work.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:52pmthey have jobs???!!! no way!
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:13pmAre there many jobs for acid dropping bongo players with dreads?..Darn! I knew that bachelors degree was going to b e a waste of money!
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:41pmFirefighters and the Police protect the lives of citizens, and perhaps their work rules aren’t as ridiculous as the paper-pusher State employees. There has been plenty of times when you hear about an off-duty Cop who steps in to stop a crime in progress, instead walking away because the union rules say that he/she must. The same can be said about firefighters.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:51pmThe average elementary and high school teacher salary in Wisconsin is $51,000.00 with Benefits of $25,000.00 a year.Those “paper-pushing state employees” as you call them pay 30% in taxes and estimate that they donate $400.00 a year in student school supplies. They work more days each 9-month year than the days Wisconsin State legislators are in session. The WI Senators earn, on average, $146,500.00 salary, $32,000.00 benefits and $22,651.00 in travel, mileage and other perks.
Report Post »Buckeyefan4life
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:01pmI notice you dont compare the teachers salries with those of the union leaders. Whys that?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:10pm@ sleazyhippo
Report Post »________________
Actually, I wasn’t referring to Teachers as “paper-pushers” but to State employees who work as Administrative Assistants, Office Clerks and such. As to the Teachers, tenure is being phased out in Wisconsin and this should be done everywhere in the USA. Tenure for teachers is bad for “the children” because it protects the incompetents and there is no incentive for the really good teachers because it doesn’t matter under a system using “tenure”. If the “good” teacher was the last hired, that teacher is the first to go.
disillusioned lefty
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:11pmWow, Sleazy, the teachers make that much? That is REALLY good for a part time job! Also, when firefighters and the police do not do their job, there are consequences. Teachers have been doing a crap job for too long without any. It is only partially their fault. They are working with the policies and curriculum they are given but they fight against standards and improvement so they are culpable.
Report Post »jeepkid99
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:16pmsounds like the Wi. legislature needs to feel some pain also, if what hippo says is true
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:36pm@sleazyhippo
Report Post »But the Senators aren’t Unionized yet, somebody needs to remind the dem’s, they don’t have Tenure!!!!!!!
jeepkid99
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:04amwhat hippo posted about Wi. legislature pay is not true, per 2010 legislator compensation datahttp://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20117, where did you get your info?
Report Post »jeepkid99
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:07amalso see http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/37050229.html
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:13pmI broke it out better for JeepKidd
Report Post »The average elementary and high school teacher salary in Wisconsin is $51,000.00 with Benefits of $25,000.00 – a whopping $76,000.00 a year. The average Wall Street banker works fewer days than the average public school teacher. Both work 20 to 30% MORE than the average Federal legislator schedule and 50-60% more than the Wisconsin State legislator session. WI Senators are paid $49,943.00 salary, up to $22,651.00 in per diem benefits and $33,002.00 in travel, mileage and other expenses. The average Senator also receives $98,700.00 in other income or salary. Teachers pay 30% in taxes and estimate that they donate $400.00 a year in student school supplies. The Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants estimates that the average wage earner above 120,000.00 pays income taxes at the 10% to 15% level.
sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:36pmWisconsin state employees already do contribute to their own benefits and have agreed to pay more and they already pay 100% of the contributions to their own pensions in a deferred compensation arrangement.
Report Post »Now that the teachers are under control, we can go for the police, then any military retirees who “double-dip” with jobs; then go for disabled persons who are also 65 years old, the list of entitlement savings is potentially endless!
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:58pmYour fear tactics no longer work. You folks overplayed them, and many other pathos based rhetorical tactics, and now, well, nobody takes them seriously any longer. Sorry.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:37pmWow you are nothing more then an idiot mouth piece for hypocrats aren’t you Hippo? Move along troll you’re in over your head here.
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:44pmDo not feed this troll
Report Post »it’s already foaming from the mouth
338lapua
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 8:30pmI wanna taze the troll!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:34pmSchultz is scared to death his family will be harmed or be killed if he voted YES. he’s a RINO.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:45pmHIPPO like RINO!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:28pmEffing Judas. I hope he goes the way of Specter.
Report Post »IGP
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:31pmhttp://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/jobopps/BENEFITS.HTM Take a look at this web site from the WI government listing the “rights” state unions are fighting for. Some of the highlights are a minimum 13 days paid vacation after 6 months, 4.5 personal days, and 5 hours of sick pay accumulated every bi week pay period. This averages out to 16.25 days a year which indefinitely rolls over and can be used after retirement to pay for other benefits. Not including holidays, state employee’s can get over 30 days off work a year,paid…if my math is correct.
Report Post »GayDem4Beck
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:42pmAnd for those teachers, who don’t work a full year…. what horse hockey
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:31pmGreat work Governor Walker and the state of Wisconsin ! Stand fast and God Bless!!!
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:30pmWow that leaving town thing worked out great huh?
Silly Democrats, trix are for kids!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:56pm@3Monkeysmomma
TOO CUTE, THAT IS PERFECT!!!
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:58pmGood point, they are all absentee geniuses. OH well maybe not.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:29pmWhy are firefighters and cops exempt? Doesn’t that make it seem like teachers are being targeted?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:35pmAs I understand it, cops and firefighters already cannot legally strike. Their collective bargaining privileges are much less than teachers.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:37pmbecause this was about the TEACHERS.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:40pmNo it’s not their time yet. This is still to come, then we will go for Veterans.
Report Post »firstlast
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:47pmyes BURNTHILLS, I get that, hence my initial question.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:03pmApparently he “didn’t want public safety work disrupted.”
Report Post »Too bad he didn‘t know with those traitors it’s union before country.
hifi74
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:33pmThey were not targeted for one major reason. Under current bargaining rules they are not allowed to strike without prior approval to do so. If they were to be added into this it would allow the Police and Fire to strike every time one of them gets a hang nail if they so chose (currently they are only allowed to do so on their own time I.E. off duty hours or during pre-approved leave). That makes it a public safety issue. You just can‘t have police and fire walking off the job leaving nothing in it’s place. This is really why they were left off the chopping block.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:27pm@firstlast
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:29pm
Why are firefighters and cops exempt? Doesn’t that make it seem like teachers are being targeted?
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Report Post »Gee, you mean they didn’t go far enough?
NRABIBLETHUMPER
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:28pmRINOs in the US House please take note on how to stand up to the left. Cudos to the WI legislature (at least the R’s). Excellent job and Governor, the majority of Americans are on your side and fully understand that hard decisions have to be made and implemented in order to fix our state governments and especially our federal government.
Thank you for standing strong.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:36pmall excecpt Schultz, who is a RINO or scared stiff
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:41pmRINO and HIPPO unite! Let’s compromise! Let’s adjudicate!
Report Post »My2
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:22pmWisconsin Republicans United, Will Never Be Defeated!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:37pm(((( I read that 17% of Wisconsin Republicans are working people, and veterans who supported the public employees! )))
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:52pmand 83 percent are on government support.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:20pm@sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:37pm
(((( I read that 17% of Wisconsin Republicans are working people, and veterans who supported the public employees! )))
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Report Post »So your Union Newsletter came today did it?
sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:37amhi Mil_Mom, thanks for the question and comment — The article was written by a Mr. Varney on the Fox News web page Thursday – he was concerned that there were some military veterans in the police unions who were caught on camera supporting the protesters, even though they are registered republicans. Are you saying that’s not true? Are you saying blue collar workers do not belong to the Republican party? (Even estimated at less than 1 out of 5). I just don‘t know because I’m an independent. Good comment. Thanks
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:42amTexasFarmer – I think you are exaggerating – certainly not 83 out of 100 Republicans are “on government support” – do you mean to say they are getting welfare? Are you sure about this? I think you are just trying to make a point! (smile)
Report Post »joseph mitch nixon
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:19pmBRAVOOOOO , the mafia of the unions must go , the worker must be free , i am retired now , but i was Teamsters for a long time , very long time , they did nothing for me , ok , they did , they took @ 300 dollars a month in dues .
Report Post »God Bless the Gov . the Republican cong and senat and the Good People of WI .
BurntHills
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:39pmwe had family members who were IUOE once upon a time, and altho private sector, they were totally slammed by deductions and 74% their sweat-soaked dues for 45 years went to the Abortion Party: the DNC.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:07pmLOL Joseph, I’m giddy too!!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:16pmWELL DONE!! Gov Walker is in the right, trying to SAVE his state….
..in other news, jesse jackson is calling for the violence to ESCALATE and he plans to ESCALATE the protests..
Report Post »stephenmarkovich
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:56pmJesse Jackson is an a..s..s.. h..o..l..e.. without credibility (sure I don[t like to swear but Jackson is an opportunist thug who forces companies to give hime $$$ or he boycotts them…thus, a perfect ***** he is).
Report Post »Star Spangled
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:16pmYes ! THIS is what democracy looks like !!
Report Post »captainutah
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:32pmThis is what a CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC looks like!
Sorry, had to be done! Not as catchy a chant I know but factually correct :)
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:03pmActually, that is what a corrupt banana republic looks like. Walker is a dictator and a lackey of the Koch brothers.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:25pmSorry Ecinom but your attempt at logic once again falls flat on its face. The Dems took off to avoid democracy, the Republicans used the democratic process to continue working instead of abdicating the duties they ran on and were voted for. Koch brothers have nothing to do with this despite what the two brain cells in your head tell you. And before you even bother to mention the money that the Kochs donated to Walkers campaign, I will tell you that I don’t give a rats butt because they only did the same thing that the Unions do, and the unions do in larger amounts even, for Democrats that they donate too. So you can peddle that illogical train back to the station because it don’t work here. Try again cupcake because your implosions here are becoming more and more entertaining. Your logic fails are epic, chump.
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:27pm@ ENCINON
Report Post »Better to be responsive to a hard working free enterprise businessman, than a freeloading, corrupt, communist, union leeches of the devilcrats
Mil Mom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:15pm@encinom
Report Post »Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:03pm
Actually, that is what a corrupt banana republic looks like. Walker is a dictator and a lackey of the Koch brothers
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Oh, you mean something like the “Lame Duck” we saw waddling around on the Potomic last December. (Replace Walker with BO and Koch with GS.)
encinom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:39pmHow ready you tea-baggers are prepared to bend over for the rich, how ready are you to stab true patriots in the back for the scrapes that the Koch brothers and others toss from their table.
Union brothers and sisters have stood on the front lines for workers rights for over a century, union brothers and sisters were maimed and killed by the likes of the Koch brothers and their bought and paid for lackeys like Walker. Americans are watching and finding that the tea-baggers care little for american citizens, useless the citizen is in the top 1% or connected DC insiders. Tea-Baggers are proving that they are an astro-turf organization created to dull the minds of the under educated americans, holding on to their god and guns. Union brothers and sisters continue to fight for the rights for american workers, tea-baggers snipe from the shadows.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:03amEncinom
Report Post »Those are union thugs and college students that still cannot wipe their own butts you see there in Madison not tea party members. Who’s proving what?
encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:09am@IAMMADDOG
We’ll see in April when GOP Senators are sent home early because of recall and next January when Walker gets his pink slip.
Report Post »heavllyarmed
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:58pmJesse is honing up on his community activism, planning a run for the white house again
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:53pmOne sign read “It’s Not About The Money” Oh really? Don‘t you just know ol’ Jessie has got to get in there and stir the pot?
Report Post »Dilbert is Real
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:41pmDoes not seem to be working.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:37pmI do appreciate the office of Governor Scott Walker and I pray for him daily. It is not easy to be a judicious leader without appearing to most of America to be a hard nosed right wing fanatic union buster. I do hope and I trust, five years from now; that justice and courage will have prevailed in Wisconsin and spread to all the states. I hope that his “we are broke” mantra and our “decade of fear” will swiftly be overcome by new legislation and sane determined recalls such as the one that brought us Governor Schwarzenegger. It’s a truly great day.
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:37pmNeener, neener.
Report Post »Boss J
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:54pmsomeone needs to edit one of these videos so that the crowd starts chanting nerds, Nerds, NERDS!!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:34pmWell done! Good Karma for everyone!
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:37pmTIME FOR A RECALL…. AND the POLLS ARE IN FAVOR OF IT!!!!
anOpinion
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:39pmAgreed, Well Done! We need more people like Scott Walker who are willing in stick by their principles.
Report Post »Just_Bubba
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:41pmOnly the societal ticks are whining about this. People who actually work for their money are being rewarded for electing a representative who cares about them and not the Union campaign money.
This is only the beginning of the cleaning up of corrupt Union $. I‘ll bet Trumpka isn’t sleeping real well.
20% of the population is not going to rule us by virtue of dirty $ and they are not going to like the outcome for their side overall.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:52pmI guess now the Dems can come home, stop pouting and find something else to gripe about. Maybe they and the Gov. can now have a Brat and Beer, and act like adults.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:53pmRECALL? That was in november homey! All the dems got recalled back to their homes and out of their offices. Polls are skewed to support the unions. nanana-nanana- hey hey hey good-bye to the leeches. Stand on your own two feet! Be a faucet- not a drain.
Report Post »ilovethiscountry
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:00pmGood going Wisconsin legislators! We are proud of you.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:01pmOnly more evidence that the Tea-Baggers are not patriots, but astro-turf lackeys for the Koch brothers and DC insiders. No real patriot would cheer as rights are trampled and laws broken.
Recall every republican and throw the tin pot dictator Walker to the street.
ltb
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:02pmTwo words: Pepper Spray.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:10pm@JUST_BUBBA
“20% of the population is not going to rule us by virtue of dirty $ and they are not going to like the outcome for their side overall.”
I found your analogy hilariously ironic given that the top 10% of the nation takes home 40% of the income, and controls some 90% of the transferable intergenerational wealth (capital goods, i.e. the means of production)–wake up idiot, you ALREADY ARE ruled by 20% of the population (actually less) with dirty $ and its not the Unions…there just a convenient sideshow to distract you while the capitalists loot the finance industry, the State’s treasury, and the economy writ large before absconding to Singapore…well THEY don’t have to go to Singapore PERSONALLY (not so long as they can keep throwing up smokescreens and keep the American polity complacent), they just need to move the money they’ve “acquired” there so they don’t have to give so much of what they stole back (funny how people want to get back what was stolen from them), how very onerous of us to leave them with scant millions and/or billions of dollars. QQ
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:13pmCongratulations to Governor Walker. Get the job done ….. get rid of the obstacles to an efficient public sector. It ain’t right that the Union bosses keep holding the rest of the taxpayers to ransom.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:19pmThats it,mop the floor with them and send them back to school.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:23pmOne word of warning. If we don’t start reversing this entitlement mentality, while we can, one day we will wakeup in a welfare state. We need to fight as hard as we can to put politicians in Washington that will reduce the size of government and get us all back to work. This is not going to be an easy task because we have too many Marxists and communists indoctrinating our kids, judicial system and Legislature. To win we must stay involved and committed. We must pray constantly for God to help us defeat these evil.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:44pmGood job walker and republicans. You are doing what you were put there to do. Kepp up the good work.
Report Post »shnakebite
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:45pmYou Bet wdawg, recall the FIB14
Report Post »PS Wisconsin is open for business again.
hifi74
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:50pmWdawg, you’re right all 14 of those dems should be recalled for obfuscating of duties and misappropriation of taxpayer money to playboy it up in Chicago rather then being in Madison to do their job. Recall all 14 of them.
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:08pmENCINOM…looks like the tea bag is in your mouth…lol…care for another dip??? get over it, the majority has spoken…I guess you are going to have to start working for your money now, welcome to reality.
Report Post »Just_Bubba
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:12pm@ The Third…
If we are in fact ruled by these supposed 20% of elites already, where are they in their powerfull capaciy to check us? Funny how you throw around loose associations with big money but months after a landslide election nothing is there. The Tea Party voted and it was settled. We will vote again and you will lose…again. Who is really the idiot? All our $ didn’t win did it?
I‘m sorry your family has not managed to provide for it’s future generations by accumulating free and clear wealth like people who work for a living have. I quit working last year just to take my $ out of their hands and I have no debt and pay no taxes. So my question to you is: who is screwing who here? The banksters haven’t tapped me…sorry for you once again. Maybe you shouldn’t borrow from them if they are so evil huh?
Report Post »I saw this coming 12 years ago and moved out of their rat race and positioned myself to survive the stupidity.Too bad you are part of the problem.
proudinfidel54
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:20pmTHETHIRDA-WIPE you are a typical loser progressive, you talk about the capitalist controlling the money?…news flash…it‘s their money who the H do you think you are this is the way this country has worked since it’s conception and it does work! despite all your progressive lies and treachery and propoganda and wishful thinking. The American people have woke up and the progressive are no longer relevant…but cheer up I believe Egypt is looking for some new blood…lol
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:29pmDUH, WINNING!!! – Charle.
Report Post »WakeUpAmerica1776
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:39pmFor those who think that rights are being taken away, let me remind you. This is why the founders established that rights come from God and not any man. If man is the granter of rights (like collective bargaining) they can be taken away. Therefore, it is not a right but a privilege. Governments are created to secure liberty and protect those rights. Our founders further gave us a process for establishing new rights. This is the Amendment process. If you want collective bargaining rights, change the constitution. Then it is a right. But what man giveth man can taketh away… prohibition anyone?
I am watching closely as this whole process has sickened me. Be it the childish behavior of the Senate Democrats, the actions of the demonstrators, the willingness of the demonstrators to stand with self avowed socialists and communists who are using them, or the actions of the republicans to pull a procedural move, it all is disturbing. What is blatantly clear is that normal, law abiding, true middle class america has witnessed the true level of corruption of unions, socialists, radicals, and how expertly they can stir the mob. God save the republic!
A final note on the chant … “this is what democracy looks like.” Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding whats for lunch. Got it?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:42pmHere in IL we have a PROGRESSIVE who is putting the burdens of CHICAGO on the people of the state.. Daley and the Unions spent the pension money on buying votes and pushing their agenda and NOW along with the the 66% income tax increase they will be taking a % of your gross income back to 2002 for things you MAY or MAY NOT have bought on the internet.. at stores NOT in IL.. as well as they are considering taxing SS.. for ALL seniors.. while Daley retires with the money he took from the populace and the UNION bosses have gotten their dues the PEOPLE are expected to pay..We could use some COMMON SENSE politicians in this state..
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:08pm@independentvoteril
Report Post »retires with the money he took from the populace and the UNION bosses have gotten their dues the PEOPLE are expected to pay..We could use some COMMON SENSE politicians in this state..
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I hear there’s a TEA PARTY there, why not join them? Good Luck & God Bless
Truth
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 11:46pmDemocrats, aren’t you proud of your bullying tactics.
Report Post »Truth
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 11:51pmCommie, traitor, union thugs, bullies: DEMOCRATS. LOOKIE WHO THE BULLIES ARE.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 12:09amWelp…that’s one good way of getting the floor swept! I like it!!!!!!! Will save the Tea Party a lot of work!
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 12:42amThe mob being dragged out one by one reminds me of old photos from the 1960′s protests. Maybe Bill Ayers and his leftie friends have been giving pointers to these guys on how to look silly while accomplishing absolutely nothing.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:29amThese protesters can’t even see how pathetic they are.
Report Post »riaf-decnalab
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:56amENCINOM
I worked 30 years as a college educated engineer in a machine tool business. I also worked for a company that had no union. Our competitors in the same industry that had unions went out of business long before my company. My company finally had to shut our doors due to the inability to compete with the international market which could just beat our pants off in pricing. That is the fair market system. I think unions had their place in the early 1900‘s but have grown to such a huge out of control monster that they’ve priced the American market right out of any competitive strategy. ENCINOM, I’ve seen your posts before and beleive you to be a true Christian. Please look at the assembly men and women in the fisrt picture of this post. They are bowing their heads in prayer. Their not looking to see if their shoelaces are tied. How many union meetings have you attended where the meeting was led by prayer. Thank God for men and women who are trying to do their job to the absolute best of their ability. May God bless them and forgive us for our judgement.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:09amHas everyone figured out what the DEMS are yet! Actions speaks louder that words! I don’t care who you are if you do not do your job then you deserve to be fired or recalled no matter if you are a DEM or REP! REP need to go to like Lindsey Graham!
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 9:42amconnecticut is imposing a harsher , more draconian anti union legislation then wisconsin, labor movement is silence because Connecticut is controlled by Democrats. Would love to have this exposed. seems the unions are more for democrat politics then union members and the middle class
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