Re: The one piece on what's happening in WI you must read

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Johne Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> WI is a state with one of the highest tax burdens in the country, and the
> cycle of raising taxes, raiding other funds to pay pre-existing debt, and
> borrowing against the future has to stop. Given our state's history as a
> Democratic stronghold, the people voted against that party down the line in
> the last election, an historic reversal of the status quo. I do see fiscal
> responsibility in this state as a heroic notion. As a taxpayer, this is a
> breath of fresh air.

For the record, I'm not opposed to the unions being taken down a notch
and employees getting pay cuts during a recession.  I am opposed to
lies and political spin to justify it and demonize the opposition when
they have been holding up their end of the contract and the pension
fund managers had been negligent with theirs.  You don't need to lie
in order to justify pay cuts during a recession, especially when the
political will has turned towards ending the deficit.

> As a citizen, it's scary just how much the unions are
> throwing their collective weight and warchests against Gov. Walker. This
> isn't just about the people of WI going about their business, it's taken on
> a much larger significance, and that's scary and wrong.

More importantly, I see the entire union debate as cover fire for the
*real* corruption (e.g. no bid fire sales of state assets).  Get his
opponents entangled with the traditional partisan issues where they
won't win many converts, and get his proponents to consider him a hero
and give him carte blanche with other issues.  And that is why I'm
firmly in favor of anything that takes Walker (and cronies like him
across the country in both parties) down a notch.

-- 
Nick

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