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Well, as I just posted, Walker & the other GOP members have apparently been taking note of all those deteriorating polls & are now open to the collective bargaining issues. The are backing down (as I said they would).
Ken
Lol, as I have noted, the Governor out maneuvered them. The unions real issue, the cash cow WEA Trust is non negotiable. The Dem have themselves in a box. The Governor is willing to negotiate yet the unions will not allow them!
It will be quite interesting to watch the left's outraged wailing and gnashing of teeth when more and more WI citizens lose their homes because they can't pay their union-induced sky high property tax bills.
Go for it, unions! Let's see the maximum number of families you can render homeless in the shortest amount of time with your never-ending demands for more, more, more!!!!!!
Yet another complete garbage post of no value whatsoever.
The SPENDING wasn't the issue. Wisconsin wasn't ANYWHERE NEAR insolvency. In fact, it sounds like that until Walker issued the new tax breaks the budget was balanced
What?!? Overspending most certainly IS the issue.
Here's Doyle's admin ADMITTING to leaving Walker a multi-billion dollar deficit:
Quote:
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's administration on Friday told Republican Governor-elect Scott Walker that he would have to cope with a $2.2 billion deficit in the state's upcoming two-year budget, but this brighter-than-expected forecast contained more than $1 billion in hidden pain.
To arrive at the favorable estimate, the Doyle administration's estimate assumed that Walker and lawmakers would make spending cuts that have yet to actually happen - two more years of state employee furloughs, no pay raises, a virtual hiring freeze and belt tightening in state health programs. Without that $1.1 billion in savings, the state's projected shortfall rises to $3.3 billion - a significant increase over previous estimates that put the gap at between $2.7 billion and $3.1 billion.
Lol, as I have noted, the Governor out maneuvered them. The unions real issue, the cash cow WEA Trust is non negotiable. The Dem have themselves in a box. The Governor is willing to negotiate yet the unions will not allow them!
Yeah right - the governor has "out maneuvered" the unions - that must be why he's backing off from his positions.
Yet another complete garbage post of no value whatsoever.
Are you claiming people don't lose their homes when they don't pay their property taxes?
Really?
We can all just blow off our property tax bills and nothing will happen? Cite your source.
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