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... for solving Wisconsin's structural deficit problem, and for fending off the slings and arrows of people who want us to go back to where we were before he took office.
Kudos to Governor Walker!
Is there a recall effort underway to recall New York's governor?
How about Washington state's governor?
Didn't think so.
The Walker issue betrays the sheer hypocrisy of the left.
... for solving Wisconsin's structural deficit problem, and for fending off the slings and arrows of people who want us to go back to where we were before he took office.
Kudos to Governor Walker!
He didn't solve their deficit problem. Wisconsin had a deficit this year and will have one next year.
Wisconsin has to decide if the Unions are going to run the state, or are the peoples elected representatives going to run it. Walker is doing a hell of job
Wisconsin has to decide if the Unions are going to run the state, or are the peoples elected representatives going to run it. Walker is doing a hell of job
Wisconsin has to decide if the Unions are going to run the state, or are the peoples elected representatives going to run it. Walker is doing a hell of job
That's not the issue.
Walker has done a horrible job. He fucked the teachers in the name of eliminating the deficit, yet the deficit is still there. That's a lose-lose.
Wisconsin has to decide if the Unions are going to run the state, or are the peoples elected representatives going to run it. Walker is doing a hell of job
That's not the issue.
Walker has done a horrible job. He fucked the teachers in the name of eliminating the deficit, yet the deficit is still there. That's a lose-lose.
Wisconsin has to decide if the Unions are going to run the state, or are the peoples elected representatives going to run it. Walker is doing a hell of job
That's not the issue.
Walker has done a horrible job. He fucked the teachers in the name of eliminating the deficit, yet the deficit is still there. That's a lose-lose.
What is the basis for your belief that we will still have a deficit at the end of this biennium?
A short paper released Wednesday by Professor Andrew Reschovsky, an economist at UW-Madison's La Follette Institute, explains that a conservative estimate of the structural deficit in Wisconsins next biennium is $3.1 billion
That's not the issue.
Walker has done a horrible job. He fucked the teachers in the name of eliminating the deficit, yet the deficit is still there. That's a lose-lose.
What is the basis for your belief that we will still have a deficit at the end of this biennium?
A short paper released Wednesday by Professor Andrew Reschovsky, an economist at UW-Madison's La Follette Institute, explains that a conservative estimate of the structural deficit in Wisconsin’s next biennium is $3.1 billion
Wisconsin Budget Project: Economist Estimates Two-year $3.1 Billion Wisconsin Deficit
.”The Governor remains unfazed. Furthermore, he put his finger on the petitioners’ primary agenda, one that was often obfuscated when the Republican-controlled state legislature voted to limit the power of government unions. While most of the media was focused on the limiting of collective bargaining for salary increases as the key sticking point between Democrats and Republicans, Walker’s success in getting the state out of the union dues-collecting business and the elimination of mandatory dues paid by union members are the most salient issues. “The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money,” Walker said in an interview with Fox News. “It’s all about the union money, it’s not about the workers’ money–they want those automatic dues, and they’ll spend just about anything to get that back
Wrong, yet again.... for solving Wisconsin's structural deficit problem, and for fending off the slings and arrows of people who want us to go back to where we were before he took office.
Kudos to Governor Walker!
He didn't solve their deficit problem. Wisconsin had a deficit this year and will have one next year.
We laid off 27 [teachers] as a precautionary measure, Koczela told me. They were crying. Some of these people are my friends.
On June 29 at 12:01 a.m., Koczela could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The budget repair bill​​delayed for months by protests, runaway state senators, and a legal challenge that made its way to the states supreme court​​was law. The 27 teachers on the chopping block were spared.
With collective bargaining rights limited to wages, Koczela was able to change the teachers benefits package to fill the budget gap. Requiring teachers to contribute 5.8 percent of their salary toward pensions saved $600,000. Changes to their health care plan​​such as a $10 office visit co-pay (up from nothing)​​saved $200,000. Upping the workload from five classes, a study hall, and two prep periods to six classes and two prep periods saved another $200,000. The budget was balanced.
In Brown Deer and school districts across the state, Walkers budget repair bill, known as Act 10, is working just as he promised. To make up for a $2.8 billion deficit without raising taxes, state aid to school districts (the largest budget line) was reduced by $830 million. Act 10, Walker said, would give districts the tools needed to make up for the lost money as fairly as possible.
But as the abstract debate over collective bargaining collides with reality, it is becoming clear just how big a lie the Big Labor line was. Now that the law is in effect, where are the horror stories of massive layoffs and schools shutting down? They dont exist​​except in a couple of districts where collective bargaining agreements, inked before the budget repair bill was introduced, remain in effect.
Given the choice between fewer benefits and layoffs, the Milwaukee teachers union chose the latter. In 2010, 482 teachers, including Megan Sampson, a young educator named an outstanding first year teacher by the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English, got the axe. CNN reports that this year Milwaukee teachers are offering meals and moral support to 354 fellow educators who will be laid off. Meals and moral support? The unions got your back. A job? Not so much.