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Walker reinstates bonuses despite budget shortfall
Wisconsin State Journal ^

Posted on 04/21/2012 11:54:22 AM PDT by bsdsan

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker established a program that has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in merit raises and bonuses to some state workers even as he preached cost-cutting and pushed through a law reducing most public workers' pay and eliminating their union rights.

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KEYWORDS: governmentemployees; meritbonuses; scottwalker; unions; walker; wisconsin

1 posted on 04/21/2012 11:54:23 AM PDT by bsdsan
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To: bsdsan
Sounds like merit pay to me.

What a concept.

2 posted on 04/21/2012 11:59:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (For every black person murdered by a white, thirty-nine white people are murdered by blacks.)
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To: bsdsan

This looks like the George W Bush system of trying to keep everybody happy that has been proven not to work.


3 posted on 04/21/2012 11:59:31 AM PDT by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Exactly....those who've worked hard and deserve a raise/bonus are getting one. Not just because they belong to a union.

You're right...what a concept!

4 posted on 04/21/2012 12:03:44 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: Jane Long

This is why we need unions, the lazy and incompetent aren’t getting aren’t getting paid as much as the people who actually work. It’s not fair to the lazy and incompetent. /sarc


5 posted on 04/21/2012 12:15:26 PM PDT by matt04
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