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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
If I am not mistaken the Governor of WI is suggesting these cutbacks in order to keep from laying off teachers. The whole thing is that the Unions feel threatened. The hell with the kids that these teachers were hired to teach. It is all about the teacher and the power of the Union. I would fire them all and hire from the ranks of the numerous college grads who are underemployed/unemployed.
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You are, actually. He initially told us his alternative was dropping 200,000 kids from Meidcaid,
but that's not exactly legal. He then acknowledged he "didn't check before making the statement."
According to the State's Fiscal Bureau, Wisconsin was actually supposed to have a surplus.
Read the memo here.
Walker&Co
then gave away hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks,
effectively creating a crisis.
He then proposed taking away the rights of union workers and called it "budget repair,"
despite the obvious disconnect. I mean, if he wants to bust the unions he should just say that; instead, he's pretending it's about the budget.