Wisconsin's Walker promises to fight federal unions

Yahoo ^ | Scott Bauer

[Cincinatus' Wife]

EUREKA, Ill. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Scott Walker promised to tackle union power at the federal level just like he did as governor in Wisconsin, saying in a fiery speech Thursday that he wants to "wreak havoc" on Washington.

The governor chose Ronald Reagan's alma mater of Eureka College for a speech aimed at invigorating his flagging campaign less than a week before the second GOP debate. Walker spoke on the same stage where Reagan, as a freshman in 1928, gave a speech during a student strike, and his remarks were infused with references to the late president. Walker spoke in front of a banner reading "Wreaking Havoc on Washington."

Walker talked about Reagan's firing of striking air traffic controllers in 1981, before turning to his own record and recounting how he "didn't back down" when curbing collective bargaining power of Wisconsin public workers and passing a "right to work" law.

"To wreak havoc on Washington, it takes a leader who's got real solutions," Walker said.

He said that starting his first day as president, he'd require federal employee unions to disclose and certify the portion of union dues used for political activity and prohibit the government from withholding that amount in paychecks of its workers.

Doing so would protect workers from being forced to give money to political candidates they don't support, Walker said. He said he would give more details Monday about his proposals "to transfer power from the big government union bosses to the hardworking taxpayers."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[400 reference cites] The 2011 Wisconsin protests were a series of demonstrations in the state of Wisconsin in the United States beginning in February involving at its zenith as many as 100,000 protesters opposing the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also called the "Wisconsin Budget Repair bill." Subsequently, anti-tax activists and other conservatives, including Tea Party advocates, launched small pockets of counter protests. The protests centered on the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, with satellite protests also occurring at other municipalities throughout the state.

Demonstrations took place at various college campuses, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison[ and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. After the collective bargaining bill was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on June 14, the number of protesters declined to about 1,000 within a couple days.

The protests were a major driving force for recall elections of state senators in 2011 and 2012, the failed recall of Governor Scott Walker in 2012 and a contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court election in 2011.".......

[hoosiermama]

Secretary of Labor?

[hoosiermama]

Secretary of Labor?

[bigtoona]

I wish he cared about fighting immigration as much as the unions. He didn’t even hold a position on illegal immigration until about a month ago..

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Gov. Walker revoked instate tuition for illegals 6 months into his 1st term (June of 2011), only gov and state that has done that.

March 2015: “I made it clear that for me, if somebody wants to be a citizen, they need to go back to their country of origin, get in line, no preferential treatment,” Walker said. “In terms of what to do beyond that, again, that’s something we got to work with Congress on.”

May 26, 2015 - Breitbart: Exclusive — Walker: We’d Be Sending in Navy to Stop Illegals if They Were Swarming Our Sea Ports Like They Do Southern Border

[chris37]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

April 2015: Scott Walker Lays Out Pro American Worker Stance on Immigration

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/20/scott-walker-lays-out-pro-american-worker-stance-on-immigration/

Walker is now the only potential or declared GOP presidential candidate to discuss the negative effects of a massive increase in legal immigration on American workers:

>>> In terms of legal immigration, how we need to approach that going forward is saying—the next president and the next congress need to make decisions about a legal immigration system that’s based on, first and foremost, on protecting American workers and American wages, because the more I’ve talked to folks, I’ve talked to Senator Sessions and others out there—but it is a fundamentally lost issue by many in elected positions today—is what is this doing for American workers looking for jobs, what is this doing to wages, and we need to have that be at the forefront of our discussion going forward.<<<

[Cincinatus' Wife]

June 20, 2015: 5:00 video Scott Walker Confronted by Undocumented Immigrant Family "Everyone must follow the laws"

[Georgia Girl 2]

“He said that starting his first day as president”

California dreamin. :-)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Is that you?

Figures.

Lol!

[samtheman]

Right. President Walker. Not happening. Maybe in 2024. He’s young.

[chris37]

NO, It’s Sean Penn in a clip from an old movie posted as a general reaction to your stupid, little candidate’s useless position on an issue no one cares about except maybe you.

LOL!

[conservativejoy]

Shouldn’t we look at the candidate who has a plan to actually create jobs? That certainly doesn’t include Walker who failed dismally to deliver on his promise of 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin. He delivered roughly half that.

We need look no further that the failed Wisconsin Employment Development Agency that Walker created and chaired. The number of jobs shipped overseas by the companies that received millions of taxpayer dollars exceeded the number of jobs created by 2 to 1.

[Georgia Girl 2]

President Walker not ever happening. His horse has died but his supporters can’t get off.

[Erik Latranyi]

Shouldn’t we look at the candidate who has a plan to actually create jobs? That certainly doesn’t include Walker who failed dismally to deliver on his promise of 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin. He delivered roughly half that.

Another liberal, union talking point swallowed by the non-conservativejoy and spit back into the faces of FReepers everywhere.

The only states with real job creation under Obama have been those with oil & gas activity....and Wisconsin does not have any. To have created any jobs under this administration is an accomplishment!

But, non-conservativejoy would prefer to repeat liberal campaign soundbites against every candidate running on our side.

[samtheman]

Walker is on-balance a good guy. He was my first choice back in the spring. But I believe the dynamics of this election have already left him on the side of the road. Some of the fault is his; some beyond his control. Doesn’t matter. Whatever Walker’s highest numbers were this year, that was his peak.

[Gator113]

LOL.....President Walker.... LOL

[Georgia Girl 2]

Everybody can’t be President so Scott Walker can now concentrate on taking care of business in WI.

[DoodleDawg]

"To wreak havoc on Washington, it takes a leader who's got real solutions," Walker said.

And what does that have to do with Walker?

[C. Edmund Wright]

In Wisconsin unions are a much bigger problem.......and for far longer.