To pass spending measures, 20 senators must be present, but Republicans hold just 19 seats. But Republicans would not need any Democrats to be present to pass the collective bargaining changes as a standalone bill because it is not fiscal in nature.They raised concerns that Republicans would take out all the spending in the bill and leave only the changes to collective bargaining.
They just threw fifty years of progress in workers' rights out the window. But I'm still hopeful. Unless he's looking at a presidential run, Scott Walker has effectively just committed political suicide. Wisconsin polls are overwhelmingly against this, and efforts for a recall of state senators have already reached a full quarter of the required signatures. But look on the bright side, Walker! If you, Sarah Palin, and Donald Trump run for president (yes, Donald Trump has been whispering about it), the Republican primaries will consist of two reality TV stars, and a teabagger who never graduated college!
There are questions about the legality of what has just happened, and you can bet your ass it's going to be challenged. Democrats have contacted Wisconsin's Attorney General. If these efforts fail, and this becomes the new status quo, then the last real counterweight of a corporate takeover of the United States has been cut off at the knees, and everything else is up for grabs. All I'm going to say is that the
I'll be on board with tactics like this if we're left with no other choice, but we can never forget that it's still terrible and it should not be greeted openly. If it comes to this, please remember to direct your rage towards the proper targets. Our cause has to be just, and Wisconsinites don't need their shit destroyed needlessly.
ReplyDeleteYour argument sounds nice and awesome, but I would like to disagree with certain parts of it. The loophole that the republicans used doesn't sound like a logical tactic to me, but the Wisconsin Senate Democrats have fled their own state just to stop the bill from passing and it failed. Honestly, the State senate Democrats of Wisconsin are not doing their job, so they are gonna be the ones who get screwed in the end, not the republicans and Governor Scott Walker,(unless common sense decides to dissipate from the people of Wisconsin, but then, the bill would still be supported by the conservatives.) The Conservatives are not trying to be greedy, its the labor unions who try to eat up taxpayer's money and is currently causing the deficit in the state of Wisconsin. Maybe you should stop basing your argument on assumptions and base your arguments on the facts.
ReplyDeleteGod damn it, how many conservatives am I going to have to remind that collective bargaining rights have absolutely nothing to do with the budget? Where are you people getting this? Unions are not causing the deficit in Wisconsin. Scott Walker caused the deficit in Wisconsin when he gave the state's entire surplus away as tax breaks for the super rich.
ReplyDeleteI'm honestly indifferent about unions. I can see valid arguments concerning them on both sides. But if this is about busting unions, then propose a bill about busting unions. Don't try to sneak it into a budget bill and scream that it needs to be passed immediately without discussion because of some fake emergency. With respect, I don't think you fully understand what's at stake. This prevents unions from even coming to the table. They can no longer negotiate about their rights at all. When the middle class has been fucked endlessly for three decades, you just think we should keep fucking them even more. This is the breaking point, and people aren't going to take it anymore.
Okay reading this again I'd like to apologize for my tone. You were kind, and you didn't deserve that. If you're not familiar with this blog, then please know that swearing on it is a common occurrence, and I don't mean anything by it.
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