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Originally Posted by agzg
I think it's both, but more the keeping collective bargaining at this point. Reports are that the Governor never even went to the unions for concessions in the first place (which is what some state governors are doing in order to fix their budget crises).
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Right, you have to at least start there. It shows good faith.
This isn't about budget cuts, this is about removing the benefits of being in a union in the first place. And it is obviously not a principled stance, as otherwise police, firefighter, and trooper's unions wouldn't have been exempted. It can't purely be cost saving either or the above mentioned unions would ALSO have been cut. So now there's a political compononent. Can't be that they don't want to tick off the police union, can it? Like, maybe he feels like more police officers vote for him than state employees?
Again, the guy threatened to call the National Guard. Seriouslly.
As for the Dems who went to Rockford, they've stated that they want serious discussion or debate on the issue and haven't been given anything in the way of concessions or any sign that the Republicans are "working for the constituents who didn't vote for them too."
Seriously, both sides are being childish, but I'm kind of past the "you should be the better person" point on legislative maturity. Maybe we can bust the two party system in the process.