I think that is true for all of us. This fight is no longer over money, I hope folks can see that. Unions/Non Unions all over this country give up money and benfits. My wife makes 7% less then she did last year.
Sure, I want more, everybody wants more. I just don't want to bankrupt my country getting it. And your wrong, it is about money. And only money. Future money. Future power. Same as over in the middle east right now. They claim its about islam, and what have you, but truth is, the fight for middle east is about money. Now, as soon as I post this, a few on here are thinking (I bet), money is there with the rich CEO's. They just want it realicated. Wealth distributed (Carl Marx theory, ie russia, N. Korea). Same with my wife, she wants more, and me have less (hunting funds that is). She considers my lease money, and gear money to be too much (same as union folks think CEO's and the actual investors who start the companies make too much). Where I the breadwinner, think she has a pretty nice deal going. On and on, this battle takes place in households across the nation.
Gary: Easy....or I'll have to post the Biff comic again. So...."what you thougth"....what does that even mean? I asked you a question and you tell me to go read a bill. Just answer the question, and save me the time. In MI; WI; NC or wherever else you want to cite.....how does kids going to private schools defund the public schools? Are you implying you don't still have to pay school taxes (if your kid's going to private school)?
Please not the Biff comic Public schools get X amount of money from the state for butts in the seats, if the butts are in private schools, then the public school get x amount less. For example our school district gets 7200.00 per student, so the 5 years Hillary was in private school 5*72000=36,000 the public school did not get. For example one district in MI has lost more then 500 students in the last decade, so now they have 3,600,000 less in funding from the state. The state still gets the tax money, the school does not. The school does still get property tax funding. Using property taxes to fund schools is another issue IMO,
Brad... seeing that Walker won the Election by 5%, 124,638 some odd votes and the Lies that Walker is telling, yes, I believe the majority is on "my" side! Do a little research and see how many people didn't vote in 2010 that voted in the previous election, and how many were Democrats.... Talk about waking a sleeping giant.....I have talked with plenty of people that voted for him that wouldn't do so today, not so much the other way around...... Who decides who is overpaid?? I don't want to take away pay, I want the people who are underpaid to make more....I'm all about going forward! There are a lot of people that make more money than I.... do I want them to make less because of it, hell no!!!
Well here is a interesting development. Capitol Chaos: Senate Moves To Bring 'Wisconsin 14' Back, Possibly By Force http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/117325873.html
I myself don't believe the majority is on the unions side. No matter how many people are at the capital. I could be wrong. All across this country, the public's opinion of public service unions is going down. Baltimore, for instance paid for billboards, for the firemans and police, to get support for thier bargaining of retirement time. It was hard for everyone to support folks who want full retirement at 20-25 years, when the majority of the public who pays for it, don't have that luxury. Its just hard to feel sorry for folks who have more than you and you are paying for them. Your case is different. You are not paid by the public. I hope you get all you deserve in life Joe. But I think I should have a say when it comes from my tax money.
"Dropping puppies from the roof onto protestors ?" Oh give me a frickin break !!! This is how they respond ? And we're paying these people to run our government ?
I love it, the Wisconsin 14 just said they have NO PLANS on returning to Wisconsin anytime soon, no matter how the Republicans try to scare them into doing so.....
So anytime someone thinks they are going to lose a vote they should just skip town? The precedent being set here is dangerous.
They're skipping out because Walker will not compromise. Apparently he is more of a "it's my way or the highway" type. Great leaders are great diplomats.. Walker should be drawing a compromise on this issue using diplomacy. I don't know why so many people have forgotten what a Gov or President does. Their are two sides to this argument Mr. Walker.. so do your job and get them to agree on the best proposal. VS.. this is democracy at its finest... and although I am not a democrat I applaud them.
Most elected officials are eligible after 5 years of service. Before you take from your neighbor you might want to start taking a closer look at your ballot.
What do ya think about this....? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfsIW6RY8Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And to cover our $3.6 billion shortfall over the next two years are you going to send us $828.95? Which is each adults share, if you use this dude's same population figures.
