- The court says they violated procedure and rules the law not valid. At which time they do it again while paying more attention to the clock. Then it is a law again.
- The court says "close enough" and it is still a law.
Unless of course you think those "recalls" will happen sooner than later. Which of course I do not see happening at all. The Liberals continue to say how much support they have. However I did a little looking and found that Wisconsin has 5,000,000+ citizens, and the Public employees only number ~120,000. That means there are 4,800,000+ citizens that may like lower taxes more than higher paid Public employees.
Now there is apparently one benefit of delaying the inevitable. The School Boards and Teacher's Unions have a few more weeks to conspire against their tax payers... (otherwise known as set their Contracts) Thoughts?
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At the time, I wondered why they were in such a hurry. The issue was clearly raised at the hearing, and there was nothing to stop the Republicans from following the law.
Wisconsin is pretty much alien territory to me, but if they are facing the same financial problems as Minnesota, cutting wages for state employees will have very little impact on them. The structural deficit all states are is driven by the aging of the population, not employee wage costs. By scapegoating Wisconsin's policemen, firemen, teachers, and park rangers, Wisconsin's Republicans are simply trying to divert all of us from the real issues.
Are Wisconsin state workers overpaid? Depends on who you ask, but remember, one way or another Wisconsin state workers will be paid. We aren't talking about getting rid of them altogether, just some sort of theoretical excess compensation, a very small drop in a very large bucket.
--Hiram
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