Polls

[Iowa10000]

Americans oppose weakening the bargaining rights of public employee unions by a margin of nearly two to one: 60 percent to 33 percent. While a slim majority of Republicans favored taking away some bargaining rights, they were outnumbered by large majorities of Democrats and independents who said they opposed weakening them.

Those surveyed said they opposed, 56 percent to 37 percent, cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce deficits, breaking down along similar party lines. A majority of respondents who have no union members living in their households opposed both cuts in pay or benefits and taking away the collective bargaining rights of public employees.

Governors in both parties have been making the case that public workers are either overpaid or have overly generous health and pension benefits. But 61 percent of those polled — including just over half of Republicans — said they thought the salaries and benefits of most public employees were either “about right” or “too low” for the work they do.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/us/01poll.html?src=me

 

[Iowa10000]

From the poll: do out tomorrow

If you could do last fall's election for Governor over again, would you vote for Democrat Tom Barrett or Republican Scott Walker?


Tom Barrett.....52%
Scott Walker.....45%



Not sure .... 4%

 

[Iowa10000]

where do you people get these facts that I keep seeing on your post that people are fed up with the unions and are backing Scott Walkers position. MY GOD DO YOU GUY'S and GALS LIE.

 

[Avatar4321]

Let's see:

Scott Walker ran on what he is doing now.

He won the vote.

That's the only poll that counts in this nation.

 

[Iowa10000]

He said nothing about stealing a persons rights, to improve the republicans chances of being elected again. He also said he wouldn't borrow to finanace the budget, but that is what he is doing.
Right now the people are against him, and you know it.

 

[Two Thumbs]

A NY times poll.

gee, no bias there.

doesn't matter really. all he wants is for the state union to have the same level of power as the Fed union.

oh the horror of it all, the state won't go under taking the tax payer with it.

goons like you should send him thanks for not firing everyone and privatizing the state work to the best bidder.

More would get done faster at a lesser cost to the state and the tax payer,

 

[DiveCon]

where do you people get these facts that I keep seeing on your post that people are fed up with the unions and are backing Scott Walkers position. MY GOD DO YOU GUY'S and GALS LIE.

why dont you wait till you see a actual demographics of this poll before you do your nutty crap

 

[Jeremy]

ATTENTION
EVERYBODY!!!!!​

FUCK UNIONS.

 

[JFK_USA]

Republicans are finding out real quick their radical policy is un-American and calling everyone else that because they are spoiled brats who think they get what they want. Sorry, you don't. We compromise in America, unlike you.

 

[Article 15]

Let's see:

Scott Walker ran on what he is doing now.

He won the vote.

That's the only poll that counts in this nation.

Please stop lying.

 

[Chris]

The American people are figuring out what the Republican Party is all about.

Screwing the workers of America on behalf of the Koch brothers of the world.

Thank you Republicans, for showing your true colors.

 

[MarcATL]

The American people are figuring out what the Republican Party is all about.

Screwing the workers of America on behalf of the Koch brothers of the world.

Thank you Republicans, for showing your true colors.

and it didn't even take them 3 months...imagine that.

 

[Jeremy]

I'm sorry. Perhaps some of you did not hear me....


FUCK UNIONS!!!

 

[Article 15]

The American people are figuring out what the Republican Party is all about.

Screwing the workers of America on behalf of the Koch brothers of the world.

Thank you Republicans, for showing your true colors.

and it didn't even take them 3 months...imagine that.

The toungue bath Walker gave the fake David Koch certainly helped speed it up a bit.

 

[MarcATL]

The American people are figuring out what the Republican Party is all about.

Screwing the workers of America on behalf of the Koch brothers of the world.

Thank you Republicans, for showing your true colors.

and it didn't even take them 3 months...imagine that.

The toungue bath Walker gave the fake David Koch certainly helped speed it up a bit.

talk about boot licker.

 

[Article 15]

and it didn't even take them 3 months...imagine that.

The toungue bath Walker gave the fake David Koch certainly helped speed it up a bit.

talk about boot licker.

The only thing it was missing was a "yes, boss, and how do you take your coffee?"

 

[ShaklesOfBigGov]

Republicans are finding out real quick their radical policy is un-American and calling everyone else that because they are spoiled brats who think they get what they want. Sorry, you don't. We compromise in America, unlike you.

Replace Republican with Democrat and you'd think we were talking about the push for Obama's Health Care law all over again. I'm sure the Democrats know all about how we "compromise in America".

 

[midcan5]

When corporate money controls media and the message, when a small minority of eligible voters are the only ones who vote, when public debate is minimized, this is what Americans get and this is what they deserve. Seems they are waking a bit from their slumber, but who knows, ennui is comfortable for a nation of couch potatoes.

"The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears natural today dates from the 1980s: the obsession with wealth creation, the cult of privatization and the private sector, the growing disparities of rich and poor. And above all, the rhetoric which accompanies these: uncritical admiration for unfettered markets, disdain for the public sector, the delusion of endless growth." Tony Judt 'Ill Fares the Land'

 

[ShaklesOfBigGov]

The American people are figuring out what the Republican Party is all about.

Screwing the workers of America on behalf of the Koch brothers of the world.

Thank you Republicans, for showing your true colors.

Unions today: are all about taking over the competition to form a powerful monopoly, so they can dictate how much you MUST pay them because the options of a competitor no longer exists. The sole purpose of which, is to increase the power of those at the top of the AFL-CIO, and to generate more union dues to fatten the pockets of the elite. This, outside of increased taxes, is what really drives up production cost in America. Unions used to be about the American worker and better working conditions, but even the unions themselves admit to more and more "concessions" ( on their own ) in order to compete. What have they done lately to improve the working conditions of those they are supposed to represent? Times have certainly changed, and there is a new "CEO" after power and wealth, this is why a "monopoly" is the only goal behind any union. "Choice and Competition", remember that quote from Nancy Pelosi?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Again, nobody's rights are being stolen. Public unions are a disgrace and do not allow the taxpayer a place at the table.