The Republicans outsmarted the Democrats in the Wisconsin state senate by voting to strip the intransigent unions of certain “rights” including collective bargaining. They were able to do this without a quorum by removing all the funding elements from the bill. Since Federal workers do not have collective bargaining and FDR was opposed to the existence of government unions period, it’s tough to see how collective bargaining can be a “right” at all.
Completely missing the irony, union members still demonstrating at the capitol in Madison called the Republicans “cowards”, and presumably admired the Democratic senators who turned tail and ran to Illinois almost three weeks ago rather than stay to debate and defend their position.
Adding to the irony was the fact that the MSM today revealed confidential emails that they said indicated that Governor Scott Walker was about to cave to the Democrats. I’m sure Governor Walker was thinking “What Democrats?”
We also learned today that there are bus drivers in Wisconsin making $100,000 per year in OVERTIME pay. When Democrats are in the majority, there is no management to oppose labor in state government; the Democrats give away the store. So as a result there are multiple states that are on the verge of economic collapse. Perhaps now Wisconsin taxpayers have some politicians that will fight for them against the blindly selfish unions.
