Real Progressives Should Vote For Walker! (security, Democrats, Reed, March)

[michiganmoon]

Why Real Progressives Should Support Scott Walker - Reason.com

Great Article. Here is a snippet:

“The collective-bargaining component of Walker’s plan has yielded especially large financial dividends for school districts,” wrote Christian Schneider, of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, in City Journal magazine. Individual districts have saved millions of dollars because they can send their plans out to bid rather than buy it from the union-monopoly health trust. That’s money they used to save teaching jobs. Progressives should applaud, but instead they march on Madison. What phonies they are.

While California’s government is hopeless, we are seeing serious local reforms often spearheaded by progressive Democrats. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is promoting a pension reform initiative on Tuesday, and he’s doing so with support from progressives in his city. Reed says there’s a big difference between union Democrats and progressive Democrats. The former are protecting one special interest group and the latter have the public good in mind. It’s a compelling argument as we head into the final days of the Wisconsin recall.

[rikoshaprl]

The issue is so big because there have been promises made in this country that can not be kept. Whether it is Wisconsin's pensions, medicare, social security. A little tweaking now, like WI workers paying 5% into their pensions, can save these plans. GM is renegotiating their pension plans right now too.