Democratic and Union Cheeseheads

I watched the television tonight in dismay.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing.  The unions in Wisconsin have declared war on a "dictator".  They are holding up signs calling the new Republican governor a "Hitler" and a "Mussolini".  The protesters are comparing their protests to those of Egypt and Iran.  The teachers across Wisconsin called in sick and closed down the school system  The Guard is on alert and may have to be called in.  So what has Gov. Scott Walker done to cause such an outcry?  Why is he considered a "Hitler"?

Governor Walker has stated that the state of Wisconsin is broke.  He believes it is time to balance the budget.  Wisconsin faces a $137 million shortfall for the budget year that ends June 30 and a $3.6 billion deficit by mid-2013. Walker's plan calls for nearly all state, local and school employees to pay half the costs of their pensions and at least 12.6 percent of their health care premiums. That would save $30 million by June 30 and $300 million over the next two years.  Walker also wants to end collective bargaining rights for all public employees except local police and fire departments and the state patrol. Wages could be bargained for only if they don't exceed the consumer price index. But the biggest savings Walker is proposing doesn't have anything to do with public employees or collective bargaining. He says the state can save $165 million by June 30 simply by restructuring existing debt.  Walker said all aspects of his proposal — which also allows the state to make any changes to Medicaid without approval of the Legislature and regardless of current law — are necessary to lay the groundwork for his two-year budget plan to be unveiled next week.

To help offset the average 8 percent increase in costs for state employees under his plan, Walker has promised no furloughs or layoffs. He also wants to make it illegal for public employees to be forced to pay union dues, something he said would save some workers hundreds of dollars a year.
 
"That's free choice," Walker said. "That's the American way. That's true democracy."

So that's it.  The details of the bill that I just described is what union thugs believe deserves a comparison to the atrocities committed against the Jews by a German madman and an Italian dictator that committed genocide.

So I encourage the union thugs to keep protesting.  I encourage the teachers to keep calling in sick and leading their students by example.  I encourage the politicians to keep running to Illinois and avoiding a vote. Because if they continue, they will wake a sleeping giant just as the liberal left did on November 2nd, 2010.