Posted on 07/23/2013 5:07:35 AM PDT by rellimpank
I knew it was a longshot.
Similarly, if people had to write a check each month for their taxes instead of having them automatically taken out of their paycheck, we’d soon see a tax revolt.
Well we did pass the right to work law in Michigan but it takes time for contracts to expire. Teacher’s unions are really scrambling now and its fun to watch.
All of this could have been avoided if it’s union members would have attended, or stormed, their union meetings and demanded a vote to do all of these things, but they were cowered into silence or too lazy..
Yes this is a biggie. IF we keep the federal income tax, then this method should be used to pay taxes. Write a monthly or annual check. While that only changes the method of collection it would have game-changing effects on government spending.
Given a choice, these former members don't want to pay union dues and be a member of a corrupt organization. What really hurt the unions was the elimination of mandatory collection of dues by the government.
A smart Pubbie would come back a couple of years later after the law had demonstrated major beneficial effects and get them included.
Incrementalism works. It’s why the Dems use it.
People always talk about the demographic trends in the growth of the Democrat voter base but if the trend continues in the reduction of public sector union membership will that reduce the number of Democrat votes in the future even more?
Er, Walker has no control over union membership numbers nor does he want it.
Walker has simply demonstrated that union membership and funding is the product of coercion, a closed shop, etc.
It seems that individuals are making their own economic choices and the free market is producing a point of equilibrium - again. Naturally, this infuriates the Marxists.
Cruz, Rand, Issa, Doc Carson would be a great cabinet and wonderful leadership.
But the only person I see with PROVEN qualifications is Scott Walker.
days? I’d say minutes.
I get the feeling that this one thing is going to be a major issue in Governor Walker’s re-election bid come 2014. The liberal pukes and unionistas in this state are already working overtime to defeat him.
Good Luck with that, Losers. :)
Asking an entity / organization to stand on its own merits. What a concept.
No sane thinking person should be shocked by the outcome of this process. Unions are mufleeches, and this is just one more proof point.
A smart Pubbie would come back a couple of years later after the law had demonstrated major beneficial effects and get them included.
Incrementalism works. Its why the Dems use it.”
Absolutely correct !!! This is how he got it passed in the first place. Divide and conquer. Darn unionistas are STILL whining here in Packerland. And I might add, it’s a beautiful sight. haa.
Walker needs to finish the work and extend the same policies to the police and fire unions as well.
How about a Walker-Haley ticket in 2016? Two governors, one from a Democrat northern state.....I think it has potential.
I think you would be surprised how many actual tax-payers don’t have a clue how much they pay.
A friend of mine does tax returns for a mutual friend. This mutual friend has no real understanding as to how he may be able to reduce his tax burden. He and his wife have 2 year community college degrees, and I bet they make about 200k per year (work in IT). They just want nothing to do with politics...means they voted for Obama.
Dems are big on “freedom of choice” unless of course that freedom includes union membership or living wherever you want. The Milwaukee city council just voted to cut pay to empoloyees who move out of Milwaukee.
Yes, my FRiend, think of how infuriating it is to have to belong to a union just because you have a certain job, and then they take a portion of your salary without your say so—but at worst—then spend it on policies and politicians you want nothing to do with.
Image a Wisconsin state worker from a couple of years ago, a devote Catholic, and the union is spending his confiscated money promoting politicians who are in favor of unrestricted abortion—in other words, baby killers, like Obama, who even voted against restriction for partial-birth abortion (a true horror) and letting a viable fetus die.
The only moral thing any government can do is to protect this person’s right NOT to be associated with such politics. It is, to coin a phrase from our Grand American Revolution, “Taxation (union dues taken out) without representation (high-ranking union members donating millions to Leftists, without rank-and-file agreement in any way).
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