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What's at Stake in Wisconsin's Budget Battle
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2/19/2011 | John Fund

Posted on 02/19/2011 6:54:05 AM PST by Lakeshark

This week President Obama was roundly criticized, even by many of his allies, for submitting a federal budget that actually increases our already crushing deficit. But that didn't stop him Thursday from jumping into Wisconsin's titanic budget battle. He accused the new Republican governor, Scott Walker, of launching an "assault" on unions with his emergency legislation aimed at cutting the state budget.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: articleivsection4; budget; johnfund; unions; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: Hotlanta Mike
Sissy Matthews

I am not at all concerned with a guy who reaches less than 1% of Americans.

41 posted on 02/19/2011 8:14:49 AM PST by Huck (one per-center)
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To: EternalVigilance

Your may be vigilant, but you need to work on reading comprehension. Acknowledging the good work of teachers is not siding with the union and putting a foot in each camp. Did you even bother to read her entire post? She wrote, “You don’t have to kowtow to the union bosses who are not looking out for you, but instead are using you.” She warned that the union bosses were only looking out for big government and their own power and control, and that the union bosses were willing to risk thousands of teachers and public sector workers losing jobs for the sake of that power. It is a great “common sense” post that may speak to some. Try reading it again, and this time read the whole post.

http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin#!/notes/sarah-palin/union-brothers-and-sisters-seize-opportunity-to-show-true-solidarity/10150093967618435


42 posted on 02/19/2011 8:24:55 AM PST by susan_wv
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To: Lakeshark
He accused the new Republican governor, Scott Walker, of launching an "assault" on unions


43 posted on 02/19/2011 8:36:15 AM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: susan_wv

Yeah, I read it all. As in so many other cases, she has one foot firmly planted in both camps.


44 posted on 02/19/2011 8:36:59 AM PST by EternalVigilance (While they've debated, the debt has increased more than the amount of their most "draconian" cuts.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Your PDS is making you insane.


45 posted on 02/19/2011 8:47:24 AM PST by gogeo (Palin/Bachmann 2012)
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To: gogeo

Ah, I see, in the new Palin universe, if we don’t make common cause with the unions, we’re insane. Interesting.


46 posted on 02/19/2011 8:48:53 AM PST by EternalVigilance (While they've debated, the debt has increased more than the amount of their most "draconian" cuts.)
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To: susan_wv
Don't feed him, he only comes on here to pimp for Alan Keyes. He thinks he has to tear down Sarah Palin to help the itty bitty party he's head of.

The article is a good one, it's hard not to notice he isn't interested in discussing it.

47 posted on 02/19/2011 8:49:19 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: devistate one four

I would be willing to wager a princely sum that after those ‘strikers’ are fired that within a week there would be enough other teachers in place to begin school at full strengh.


48 posted on 02/19/2011 8:50:57 AM PST by Parmy
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To: susan_wv

Of course he/she didn’t read it. It’s about the BIG LIE. They are terrified by Palin. They are completely incapable of honest open debate about who she is, what she has done, and what she would do as president.


49 posted on 02/19/2011 8:51:49 AM PST by BillM
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To: Lakeshark

A Community Organizer is paid to foment resentment and class envy. That is how they gain power and influence. Think of them as simply a local version of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. That is who Obama is. Obama is a more polished version of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson.


50 posted on 02/19/2011 8:53:55 AM PST by DeweyCA
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To: EternalVigilance
Ah, I see, in the new Palin universe, if we don’t make common cause with the unions, we’re insane...

Well, no. It's your obsession that makes you insane.

51 posted on 02/19/2011 8:55:01 AM PST by gogeo (Palin/Bachmann 2012)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Maybe a video documentary of all the lavish perks the union bosses will lose if the dues aren’t paid would help to convince all of us doubters how wrong we are not to support the unions?

Collecting the dues directly from the paychecks saves the unions a lot of money by not having to hire people to break thumbs to collect.


52 posted on 02/19/2011 8:56:43 AM PST by chickenlips (Karl Rove- the RINO ruminator, striking fear in donuts everywhere)
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To: gogeo
Nampa police: Tom Luna threatened, vehicle vandalized [after proposing school reforms]

Idaho Press Tribune 

February 15, 2011

Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna's vehicle was vandalized overnight at his Nampa home and he and his family have received threats, he told police.

“Yes, he has made us aware of threats to him and family members and we are looking into those, and we are aware of those, and we are doing what we can to provide protection,” Nampa Police Deputy Chief Craig Kingsbury said.

On Saturday night, a man who identified himself as a teacher reportedly showed up at Luna's mother's home in Nampa in order to speak with her about the superintendent's contentious education reform plan. Luna happened to be at his mother's house at the time.

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Maybe Mrs. Palin could beg her "brothers and sisters" to back off.

53 posted on 02/19/2011 9:00:48 AM PST by EternalVigilance (While they've debated, the debt has increased more than the amount of their most "draconian" cuts.)
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To: EternalVigilance

EV, there are a lot of good people who also happen to be in unions. Many of them hate it but have no choice. Those are the ones Palin is appealing to. There needs to also be a rebellion from within unions, and I believe that’s what she’s trying to foment.


54 posted on 02/19/2011 9:07:10 AM PST by ChocChipCookie
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To: ChocChipCookie

I’ve toyed with that delusion myself in the past. Long in the past. I learned quickly that you can’t negotiate with these people. They play for keeps, and they don’t back off.

No matter what you may think about exceptions in the union ranks, the fact is that overwhelmingly they ARE the Democrat Party. They are the people who are destroying this free republic on every front.


55 posted on 02/19/2011 9:10:42 AM PST by EternalVigilance (While they've debated, the debt has increased more than the amount of their most "draconian" cuts.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Keyes’ foot is somewhere up his posterior, or in a pile of horse droppings.


57 posted on 02/19/2011 9:15:12 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Green Bay Packers: 13-time NFL Champions including 4 Super Bowls)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Says the guy who supported Rudy Giuliani.


58 posted on 02/19/2011 9:25:18 AM PST by EternalVigilance (A wink and a nod won't save the republic.)
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To: EternalVigilance
Hey, we all make mistakes. I denounced him when his abortion views became more known, however.

Rudy has won elective office, BTW. Keyes?

59 posted on 02/19/2011 9:36:25 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Green Bay Packers: 13-time NFL Champions including 4 Super Bowls)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Hey, if winning past elections is your only criteria, you might as well support Obama.


60 posted on 02/19/2011 9:40:24 AM PST by EternalVigilance (A wink and a nod won't save the republic.)
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