Is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Right About the Unions?

Well, it's been nearly a year since Walker took office. The ONLY districts that have laid off teachers were in districts that signed new contracts before the budget tools were enabled. Matter of fact, all but ONE district in the entire state has saved money and has a surplus now, and most have moved to lower class sizes, hire more teachers, and look at a fair way to pay teachers MORE based on performance. All for a 5-8% contribution to their previously-free health care and 5% of their pension, which they get back anyways. They can still retire at 50 and get full pension until both partners are deceased (or go back to work and double-dip, pay $0 for heathcare and pension as they are "retired", cheap loophole that prevents new teachers from getting a job! Why are teachers AGAINST jobs?). The Union hated this because they OWNED the insurance company that was raping the state on charges. THATS where a lot of the balanced budget money came from, not the $40 a month the teachers are paying now in health care costs that were free for 56 years.

Not only that, the budget is balanced, Walker even paid back the illegal theft from the Highway Fund that governor Doyle (D) raided, and also paid back the 1/3 billion he "borrowed" from Minnesota. Dont forget Doyle ran on a "No Vegas-style gaming in Indian casinos in Wisconsin" platform, then after elected, took a $75000 donation and let the Potawatomi tribe get a LIFETIME DEAL to never pay the state a CENT after a few years. Did Doyle just HATE having money paid into the state coffers unless it came from an "evil corporation"? Doyle also started the bogus 'double taxation' (combined reporting). We almost lost HARLEY from that!

Dont forget, you Union thugs (I'm union too, IBEW local 663 Milwaukee, I dont follow zombie-like madness and rabid irrationalism), Walker does everything for the taxpayer, which INCLUDES YOU. Did your property taxes go up 10% this year like mine did EVERY year under Doyle? Mine are going DOWN (in percentage, not because of depressed value). He is under LAW to BALANCE THE BUDGET...so what else was he supposed to do? Crap gold bricks in the amount of 4 billion dollars? Wisconsin would have been Greece if this was allowed any longer.

Stop lying about the collective bargaining as if the Unions would have negotiated. THEY REFUSED OVER AND OVER. You also wanted to vote in an unqualified state supreme court justice ONLY to get Walker's law annulled.

The ONLY reason you people are trying for a recall is because you CANT accept the fact you LOST an election, and you refuse to deal with the law.

Go ahead and try. You won't win. Dont come crying "UNFAIR" when we start doing the same things to YOU (well, we wont use death threats like you whack-jobs do, we arent crazy like you) like recall anyone with a (D) after their name if they get elected. We still wont cheat at the polls, though....but maybe we SHOULD...it's the only way you'll support a real voter ID law

T Sagert of WI 11:12PM November 13, 2011