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So, the Republican governor of Wisconsin and his Republican cronies broke a law to ram through an unpopular bill last night. I just have to ask myself, what is gained by this? It will not be a victory for the Republican party because the bill will be overturned in court, the governor will be recalled as soon as possible, and a wave of outrage will pull Republicans from their seats in elections wherever they hold them in the state.
The whole point of ending collective bargaining for the unions who did not support the newly elected governor (police and firefighters are exempt) was supposedly to save money for the state. The teachers and other public employee unions agreed to cuts in pay and benefits, however, they did not want their right to collective bargain taken away.
The changes made last night cut the collective bargaining rights, they did not touch financial cuts at all. so much for the tenuous premise that the bill was illegally passed on the basis of cutting the state budget deficit.
Now, Republicans might have saved themselves by compromising on the collective bargaining rights, gotten the finance cuts they stated they desperately needed, (but we know that wasn't the point of this) but now they've engendered volatile hate against their party that is not going to go away for DECADES. Long-term planning not their strong suit.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/10/wisconsin.budget/index.html?hpt=T1
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/10/134415101/shock-vote-wisconsin-senate-approves-controversial-anti-union-bill
The whole point of ending collective bargaining for the unions who did not support the newly elected governor (police and firefighters are exempt) was supposedly to save money for the state. The teachers and other public employee unions agreed to cuts in pay and benefits, however, they did not want their right to collective bargain taken away.
The changes made last night cut the collective bargaining rights, they did not touch financial cuts at all. so much for the tenuous premise that the bill was illegally passed on the basis of cutting the state budget deficit.
Now, Republicans might have saved themselves by compromising on the collective bargaining rights, gotten the finance cuts they stated they desperately needed, (but we know that wasn't the point of this) but now they've engendered volatile hate against their party that is not going to go away for DECADES. Long-term planning not their strong suit.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/10/wisconsin.budget/index.html?hpt=T1
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/10/134415101/shock-vote-wisconsin-senate-approves-controversial-anti-union-bill
Re: FAIL!
Date: 2011-03-10 06:58 pm (UTC)