Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

[SOREHOOF]

Public sector unions are making political donations with taxpayer dollars nation wide. This is the biggest money laundering scheme in history.

[dellinger63]

This is how a WI town with a volunteer Fire Department is protesting today!


http://www.gordysboats.com/AboutGord...tyontheIce.asp

[AeWingnut]

I believe

if you closed all of the public schools today

all the kids of parents that want their kids educated will and
the ones that just want free day care and free meals will still get that

in Illinois 4% of girls under 18 end up pregnant and living off the state.
this adds up to too fn many real damn quick.

the hell with schools
lets build prisons

[Riot]

Originally Posted by AeWingnut

I believe

if you closed all of the public schools today

all the kids of parents that want their kids educated will and
the ones that just want free day care and free meals will still get that

in Illinois 4% of girls under 18 end up pregnant and living off the state.
this adds up to too fn many real damn quick.

the hell with schools
lets build prisons

Illinois put in time limits on how long people can be on welfare years ago. Did they rescind that?

[Riot]

From HuffPost (couldn't find any other "live" comments). That is alot of people!

Today 3:36 PM Musicians Coming To Madison To Show Support For Protesters
Rage Against the Machine and other musicians will be in Madison on Monday to show support for the protesters rallying against Governor Walker.

Today 3:35 PM Crowd Estimated At 60,000
Madison Police Department estimates that the crowd surrounding the Capitol has swelled to 60,000.

Today 3:34 PM Tea Partiers: Corporations Shouldn't Have To Pay Taxes From HuffPost's Amanda Terkel on the ground in Madison, Wisconsin
Tea Party protesters who showed up in Madison on Saturday want to help Wisconsin dig out of its fiscal hole, but they don't think that corporations should have to chip in.

Gov. Scott Walker (R) has argued that his proposal to strip public employees of virtually all of their collective bargaining rights is necessary in order to deal with the state's tough economic situation.

"I'm just trying to balance my budget," Walker told The New York Times. "To those who say why didn't I negotiate on this? I don't have anything to negotiate with. We don't have anything to give. Like practically every other state in the country, we're broke. And it's time to pay up."

But there is a source of revenue the state isn't tapping that could likely be far more lucrative.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, two-thirds of corporations in the state pay no taxes, and the share of corporate tax revenue funding the state government has fallen by half since 1981.

Tea Party protesters have been pretty much completely absent from the protests in Madison all week long, but today they were out in force (although still vastly outnumbered by anti-Walker protesters). Many of them pointed out -- and even carried signs underscoring the point -- that they had jobs they couldn't walk away from during the week to come out and protest, as many teachers had done for the past few days.

The Huffington Post asked some of these Tea Partiers if they thought corporations should have to pay taxes in order to help the state financially. All were unaware that this was the case, but they nevertheless said unions were a bigger problem.

"Corporations shouldn't pay taxes at all. That's a terrible idea," said Jay from LaCrosse, who identified as a libertarian and said that businesses would just raise prices and relocate to China if they faced higher taxes.

"No, they pay their taxes. They pay their taxes," said John from Milwaukee, when The Huffington Post asked if it was fair that he was paying taxes and corporations weren't.

I would like to comment that Gov. Walker has just given Wisconsin corporations another unfunded and unpaid for 140 million in tax breaks over the special session that just occurred. I guess that somehow magically doesn't contribute to his terrible deficit, however.

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by Riot

Illinois put in time limits on how long people can be on welfare years ago. Did they rescind that?

Illinois is corrupt
did they rescind that?

[dellinger63]

All reports nationally and locally, all peaceful in MadTown... And I'm sure there was a muslim or few among them.


http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/wisc...2/19/id/386753

[AeWingnut]

Chicago Communists join the others in Wizconsin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-nxSRQNmjs

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by AeWingnut

Chicago Communists join the others in Wizconsin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-nxSRQNmjs

good find

Revolution against everything and yet at the same time nothing!

True communists.....

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

All reports nationally and locally, all peaceful in MadTown... And I'm sure there was a muslim or few among them.


http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/wisc...2/19/id/386753

"Sorry, we're late Scott. We work for a living."

I think this is the major point. When you have students and weirdo leftists doing protests it is no big deal but when the working man gets motivated to spend his free time protesting, it's a big deal.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by SOREHOOF

Public sector unions are making political donations with taxpayer dollars nation wide. This is the biggest money laundering scheme in history.

It's legal for public-sector unions to donate to political campaigns. It's never been a secret.

I don't understand this: Why do you think they have taxpayer dollars? Since when do taxpayers give money directly to unions? What is money-laundering about it? Union members pay their due, but sorry, that is no longer "taxpayer money" the moment it goes into the paycheck.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

It's legal for public-sector unions to donate to political campaigns. It's never been a secret.

I don't understand this: Why do you think they have taxpayer dollars? Since when do taxpayers give money directly to unions? What is money-laundering about it? Union members pay their due, but sorry, that is no longer "taxpayer money" the moment it goes into the paycheck.

Teachers are paid by taxpayer dollars. When they pay their union dues they are paying with taxpayer dollars unless they have some sort of side business. When the union then turns around and buys their business agents new cars and sends them on retreat to HI with the Badger football team, they are bought and sent with taxpayer dollars.

BTW You seem upset Walker is exempting Police and Fire unions because you claim they supported him yet seem fine with Obama exempting unions subscribing to the Obamasocialistcare Plan who supported him?

Walker is doing what he promised to do and for a politician that is so refreshing. Great job Governor and On Wisconsin! BTW This is the same guy that sent back the unwanted Federal Rail money feeling the funds would be better used paying down debt. If only we had a Scott Walker for each state.

Today winter has returned to WI, we'll see how tough the teachers are.

With the teachers planning to sit out another week it is obvious THEIR benefits and contracts trump the children and like the former Fed Flight Controllers they need to all go and be replaced. Planes didn't fall out of the sky as predicted and I'm sure the students will be fine as well. Education is broke right now so we should have no fear fixing it. When teachers fail to teach 50% of students how to read and do basic math in 12 years time they deserve nothing!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Teachers are paid by taxpayer dollars. When they pay their union dues they are paying with taxpayer dollars unless they have some sort of side business. When the union then turns around ....

Sorry, no. Those taxpayer dollars become private dollars the moment they are in the paycheck. Your argument is that you have a right to determine how government workers spend their pay. That is beyond absurd. If people want to pay union dues with their own money, it's their Constitutional freedom and right to do so.

BTW You seem upset Walker is exempting Police and Fire unions

"Upset"? LOL - that's a strange word for you use. No, I simply stated why he did it - political payback.

because you claim they supported him yet seem fine with Obama exempting unions subscribing to the Obamasocialistcare Plan who supported him?.

"The claim" is in Walkers campaign finance reporting. You seem fine with stealing from the homeless. Oh, wait. You never expressed an opinion about that. But I guess your failure to express an opinion on that means you seem fine with that. Dell - I'm not going to address your silly, crazy, created fantasy segues.