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Court upholds Walker's union limits law in Wis.
(AP) ^ | January 18, 2013

Posted on 01/18/2013 12:14:25 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: scottwalker; unions; walker; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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1 posted on 01/18/2013 12:14:32 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Good!


2 posted on 01/18/2013 12:17:39 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: READINABLUESTATE; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...

Walker court victory!

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


3 posted on 01/18/2013 12:17:39 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: READINABLUESTATE

This. Is. Awesome!


4 posted on 01/18/2013 12:19:15 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Union thugs will most likely trash the state capitol again.


5 posted on 01/18/2013 12:20:30 PM PST by tgusa (gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger .......)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

This is wonderful news!


6 posted on 01/18/2013 12:21:17 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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To: READINABLUESTATE
yesssssss .... now for the twists of the wise latina and co.

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7 posted on 01/18/2013 12:21:27 PM PST by Elle Bee
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To: READINABLUESTATE

” stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights.”

They keep saying that and it isn’t true.
He evened the playing field instead.


8 posted on 01/18/2013 12:23:21 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Not much bias in that lede, is there? Sarc/off


9 posted on 01/18/2013 12:26:23 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Hurrah for a lawful judge! They are getting rare...


10 posted on 01/18/2013 12:31:23 PM PST by veracious
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To: rusty schucklefurd

Good time to release it too, just before a three day public employee holiday which means at least half took today off too and the rest are sitting around talking about the upcoming ordination coming on monday.


11 posted on 01/18/2013 12:32:45 PM PST by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

VICTORY!


12 posted on 01/18/2013 12:38:51 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights.

Collective bargaining is not a right, it is a privilege given to these whiny and serial malcontents by the state legislature. This privilege can be removed at any time....as this court case makes clear.

Screw the unions.

13 posted on 01/18/2013 12:40:18 PM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

It’s nice when a court rules for capitalism and individual liberty instead of communism. It’s as if, at least here, we are headed in the right direction.


14 posted on 01/18/2013 12:41:02 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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“Union thugs will most likely trash the state capitol again.”

Unlikely. They hired a new Capitol City Police Chief and the guy kicks ass and takes names!

DOUBLE VICTORY!


15 posted on 01/18/2013 12:41:17 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Mase; All

Typical “progressive” agenda reporting from AP.


16 posted on 01/18/2013 12:42:44 PM PST by marktwain
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To: READINABLUESTATE
Just heard this on the news. The court upheld the law IN ITS ENTIRETY, including reversing the minor parts that were cut down by a federal judge a few months ago. This is great news not just for Wisconsin, but for America.

A federal appeals court has upheld Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law...

By the way, notice how its only Republican-passed laws that are "contentious"? The scumbag Associated Press would never call a Democrat-passed law - - for example, a "gun control" law - - "contentious", now would they?

17 posted on 01/18/2013 12:48:29 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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AND they thwarted the loon with the four molotov cocktails the night of the Governor’s speech. I feel confident we Taxpayers won’t be soaked for another nightmare like that 18 month period of ‘occupation’ on the Square.

I hope so, anyway!


18 posted on 01/18/2013 12:49:05 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

I thought I could hear a distant, collective screech of defeat from the North (I’m in Texas.)


19 posted on 01/18/2013 12:52:44 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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This past year in Wisconsin is a perfect case in point for why government employee unions need to be busted to hell.

For decades the politicians have met in smoke-filled back rooms with union pinky rings and, with a wink and a nod, offered to give the rank-and-file lavish pension plans and lifetime retirement bennies IN LIEU OF big pay raises that would have to be paid for out of CURRENT budgets, and that might require tax hikes. But, see, lavish pension plans and lifetime retirement bennies, well... they get paid for out of FUTURE budgets - - decades in the future.

That is, the politicians buy their votes today with the taxpayer money of tomorrow. They just kick the can down the road and let future politicians and future taxpayers deal with the inevitable financial calamity that comes to bear in 20 or 30 years. "That'll be their problem, (shrug)", has been the unspoken understanding of the slimy politicians and their pinky ring union collaborators. Meanwhile, current taxpayers can shrug because, hey... their taxes didn't go up this year.

This is this kind of corrupt "negotiating" that politicians can get away with because, unlike in the private sector, they get to "negotiate" with other people's money. There is no "bottom line" or "profit and loss" statement, and no annual report to stockholders to worry about. No, when politicians "negotiate" with government employee unions, it's like the foxes negotiating with the coyotes over how to divide up the chickens in the hen house.

Anyway, in many states and cities, 20 or 30 years have come and gone. Now what?

Thank God for Scott Walker and a few other governors who have had the guts to put their foot on the can and kick it right back where it came from.

20 posted on 01/18/2013 1:06:17 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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