WI Gov To Teacher$' Union: "We're Making The Tough Decisions Now!"

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[ReachDeep1]

Those protesters must remember that they are public "servants". They get treated much better than the people they are supposed to be serving.....what is wrong with this picture? Personally, I think it's time that the government make the same tough cuts that the people they are serving have been making.

[alpharben]

wow... I want to be richer. Which union canI join?

[alexdc22]

walker is a moron.

[alexdc22]

the deficit spending he created in his special session is about equal to the deficit Wisconsin faces this year, but it's not technically correct to say that Walker created 2011's deficit. Rather, he added $120 million to the 2011-2013 deficits, and perhaps more in the years after that.

[alexdc22]

The budget report is working with two time periods simultaneously: 2010-2011, and then 2011-13. The $130 million deficit now projected for 2011 isn't the fault of the tax breaks passed during Walker's special session, though his special session created about $120 million in deficit spending between 2011 and 2013 -- and perhaps more than that, if his policies are extended. That is to say,

[happystance7able]

@TheInterceptor12 True selfless acts are rare indeed . Soldiers throwing themselves on grenades to save the lives of their comrades; little fleeting acts of random kindness here and there, but only so long as it isn't too expensive for the giver. It does happen, but it's not the norm. Our society doesn't depend on them. The vast majority of things benefitting the needy result despite the intentions of aid providers. They result from voluntary exchange mutually beneficial to all parties involved.

[TheInterceptor12]

@happystance7able If I might I ask then, do you believe that all of our activities are done in the name of our self-interest?

[happystance7able]

@TheInterceptor12 >>not everything...is for our self-interest. a good example...is volunteer work<<

Lots of volunteers do what they do out of self-interest. For instance, many volunteers aren't currently in need of money as much as they are in need of connections for future employment opportunities. Many need work experience and things to put on their resume to get into schools or obtain future employment. Others simply don't need money but need to feel useful--still for their self-interest.

[TheInterceptor12]

@happystance7able Well not everything we do is for our self-interest. a good example of this is volunteer work. if what you say is true, then why do people still do work for agencies such as the red cross, the salvation army, or the peace corps when they have very little if anything to profit from?

[happystance7able]

@TheInterceptor12 >>is it not possible that both sides have stalled and prolonged this debate out of their own...greedy ambitions<<

All people act in their own self interest. It's finally the case where it is in the self interest of an elected official--Gov Walker--to finally not be a co-conspirator with the government unions in pillaging the taxpayers. That's because the people who elected him are sick and tired of government pillaging the private sector. Private sector umemployment is high.

[TheInterceptor12]

@happystance7able Listen, you did not answer my question still. is it not possible that both sides have stalled and prolonged this debate out of their own idiocy and/or greedy ambitions? its a simple question I'm asking.

[happystance7able]

@TheInterceptor12 >>then show me the evidence that they are corrupt<<

Go google "union~donations~"to democrats"" e.g. Iowa's government unions contributed $7.2 million to state candidates in the past decade. All but $46,000 went to Democrats, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonpartisan group in Montana. That's a money-laundering operation if ever there was one. The tax payers are finally saying HELL NO and they finally have somebody representing them in Walker.