The Dairyland Crisis Continues
Feb. 22nd, 2011 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snoggedThe Crisis in Wisconsin (aka "The Crisis In Dairyland") headlined last night's episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (clip can be found here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/.
For the most part, his analysis of the situation was spot-on, except for one thing. The 14 Wisconsin Senators that are still out of state. They didn't leave because "the going got tough, so the tough got going." They left because it was the only option they had to keep the bill from passing through last week.
I am, quite frankly, proud of them for what they are doing, especially since the governor seems ABSOLUTELY UNWILLING to negotiate or budge on his stance. For example,public employee unions have stepped forward to say they would pay an increased percentage to health care and pension plans as long as they were able to keep their collective bargaining rights. Even firefighters (who are currently exempt from the "Budget" bill) have offered to give up their pay increases in an effort to help the teachers.
Scott Walker's response: No.
You know what that tells me? This is not about the budget. This is about busting up unions and busting up the Democratic party. It's also about suckling on the teat on major corporations.
For the most part, his analysis of the situation was spot-on, except for one thing. The 14 Wisconsin Senators that are still out of state. They didn't leave because "the going got tough, so the tough got going." They left because it was the only option they had to keep the bill from passing through last week.
I am, quite frankly, proud of them for what they are doing, especially since the governor seems ABSOLUTELY UNWILLING to negotiate or budge on his stance. For example,public employee unions have stepped forward to say they would pay an increased percentage to health care and pension plans as long as they were able to keep their collective bargaining rights. Even firefighters (who are currently exempt from the "Budget" bill) have offered to give up their pay increases in an effort to help the teachers.
Scott Walker's response: No.
You know what that tells me? This is not about the budget. This is about busting up unions and busting up the Democratic party. It's also about suckling on the teat on major corporations.
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