Now that the union bill in Wisconsin has been passed, maybe we can all move on a bit, right? No, probably not, as the liberals and unions are going to carry on like they've just had a limb amputated, for weeks, at least.
If you'd like a good look at public sector unions, try this piece from Andrew Klavan.
If the player doesn't work, try this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=su4PwZCWUdg
A touch of humor never hurts. But really, it's difficult to understand the angst and predictions of doom and gloom that we're hearing about this.
The bottom line is that Wisconsin's new law just isn't that unusual in this country. Only 26 states give collective bargaining rights to all or most of public sector workers. Another 12 give collective bargaining rights to SOME public sector employees, and the remaining 12 don't give collective bargaining rights to ANY government employees.
As for federal workers, very few have any collective bargaining rights at all. In fact, remember that salary freeze that Obama talked about? Had he been the Governor of Wisconsin, he'd have had to gather the union reps in a room and beg them to approve the freeze.
This isn't new ground, folks. Sure, the unions don't LIKE it, but it's not un-American, dictatorial, or reminiscent of the Nazis.
Those who are getting their boxers in a bunch over this are operating more from emotion than from reason, and that's no way to balance a budget. Using emotions instead of reason is why a lot of folks in Washington look at a looming debt crisis with our debt this year hitting $1.6 trillion dollars, and have the nerve to tell us $60 billion in spending cuts would be "catastrophic."
You may not LIKE what happened, but it's not so very different from what happened to the entire nation when the Democrats in Washington shoved through a poorly constructed health care law that was unwanted by the American people at large. At no time since the passage of that law has the number of people favoring repeal dropped below 50%, and the Democrats moved it through with parliamentary tricks, not to mention lots and LOTS of kickbacks and special treatments.
Those of us who recognize that ObamaCare will eventually destroy our health care system and contribute to our growing debt crisis are pursuing the two avenues open to us: challenging it in court and pushing for Congressional repeal of this disaster in doctor's clothing. Why don't all you union thugs who are threatening to break somebody's neck stop being idiots and do likewise?
Friday, March 11, 2011
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It will be interesting to see if the GOP lawmakers did indeed violate Wisconsin's "open-meetings" law. It is at best iffy at this point, but to interpret it the way the GOP lawmakers did would most assuredly be a shift in the way the law has been enforced in the past with regard to other state agencies.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, Tal, I don't know. Nobody not steeped in Wisconsin law AND Senate rules and procedures can know. We'll have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I see little difference in how this law was passed when compared to how ObamaCare was passed. In both cases, the majority used procedural tricks and gimmicks to pass an administration priority in the face of massed opposition and while ignoring the minority party. It's interesting to me that the Democrats object to one and not the other.
If the open meeting law was screwed over....don't worry...folks will just waltz back into Madison, and announce things again....to repeat this entire experience legally and thrill folks once more. Everyone knew from three weeks ago that you could carve the parts off a fiscal bill and pass it in a different method...so why act shocked?
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