UnionState and Union Local-County government Ripoffs permeate every level of these state employees activities. The taxpayers are getting ripped off at every opportunity.

Is it possible to obtain, and publish the names of the top 15 officials at the WI teachers’ union, including their balary, benefits package,and other perks, such as car leases, expense acconts, etc? I’m sure it would be edifying..probably to many union members.

If all of Walker’s reforms are implented, ( limiting CB, ending dues check-off, requiring annual certification votes) I expect that within 5 years, over half of the teachers will choose NOT to join the union, as as for NEW hires, coming in at the bottom of the wage scale..well..no way any of them will give up $700-1000/year in union dues just to work.

The river of cash in union HQ will abate, and they won’t be abll to afford all thes high paid positions…

just shows how hard it is to reign in spending. Almost like fighting gravity. Unions, govt employees, and elected officials all with an interest in expanding govt spending.

Moments like this are rare, when a majority of the public has a comparable focus to that of the self-dealers. Obviously, we need to stand firm. But just as important is to educate the public regarding the nature of government…it will grow but for an extremely focused broad-based electorate.

the police are letting the protesters stay in the Capitol building. That’s ridiculous. If this was Walker’s call, it’s a weak one. If it was the Police’s call, he should get on their tails. If not, he should start firing some cops and call in the National Guard. He needs to draw blood. He can’t win this fight by being nice with thugs.

If it was Walker’s call to spare them the elements, then he’s weak, and I’m disgusted totally. He’s another GOP gentleman who brings a pop-gun to fight a war. He should be calling out the National Guard, not fussing like a nanny over throwing these thugs out in the cold.

this article ran in the December 1, 2010 issue of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal. It described what happened when one school district dumped the WEA trust insurance in favor of private insurers for their teachers. This discussion was going on before Walker took office.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/111152709.html

Let’s be clear. Collective bargaining by public-sector workers is not a right – it’s a legal privilege extended by the legislature. It’s a privilege abused for decades by unions claiming to represent govt employees, who are forced to pay dues to those unions. It’s been long past time for reform.

The pro-union anti-taxpayer protests in Madison is not how democracy looks – it’s how a mob looks. Democracy ran away across the state border in the form of tantrum-throwing Democrat-party legislators when the likely result of a policy change wasn’t going their way. This state house occupation, & the awol legislators demanding we do it THEIR way, is representative democracy held hostage.

properly. What he has said in simple terms is that it really doesn’t matter if the “unions” tell the media that they have “accepted” the 5 and 12 contributions and that CB should be off the table because of their “compromise”. The reason is this:

1) the State cuts funding to the local, county and state government entities because the money is not there

2) The govt entity goes to the union and says ok, we got less money from the State so remember when you told the media that you would agree to the 5/12? Now we have to change the CBA to reflect that.

3) Union says, ” We changed our minds”

4) Local entity has to lay off workers.

There is no guarantee at the local level that the individual union agreements will be changed after he cuts the budget.