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When Gov. Scott Walker discussed strategies to lay off state employees for political purposes, to coordinate supposedly independent political expenditures to aid legislators who support his budget repair bill, and to place agent provocateurs on the streets of Madison in order to disrupt peaceful demonstrations, he engaged in what a former attorney general of Wisconsin says could turn out to be serious ethics, election law and labor violations.
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Every few years Republicans get elected to positions of power in America. Usually because democrats are pissed off, fed up, and stay home. It's amazing how rapidly Republicans remind all of us why they should NEVER be placed into positions of power and influence. Wonder how many Wisconsinites would like a do-over of the last election.
Unfortunately it's going to get a lot worse for them before they get a chance to remedy their mistake. The reality is that what is occurring in their state is not about public employees, their unions or their budget. What is at stake here is the future of their public utilities. The fundamental lesson that so many people forget every few years is that to the Republican leadership it is not about the issues they create. It is about their hidden agenda. Which in the modern era usually involves looting public treasuries and assets.