Second verse, same as the first

By Zach W On February 28, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Jobs, Labor Unions, News, Those Kooky Conservatives!, Wisconsin Politics

Gov. Scott Walker has said that if his budget “repair” proposal isn’t passed soon, he will be forced to lay off 1,500 state employees, but we’ve heard that song and dance from Scott Walker before.

Remember two years ago when then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said he gave 180 Milwaukee County employees layoff notices (right around Thanksgiving, no less) as a political ploy:

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker tells a Madison radio talk show host he pulled the trigger on county employee layoffs briefly last week as a strategy aimed at encouraging the County Board to come up with alternative savings.

“I needed to get their attention to show how serious we were about having a balanced budget,” Walker says on “Sly in the Morning” on Madison station WTDY (AM 1670). Walker commented as part of a “radio blitz” he says he did on Monday.

The fact that Scott Walker would play political games with peoples’ jobs – and by extension, their lives – speaks volumes about his lack of character or compassion, and that’s why it wouldn’t surprise me one iota if Gov. Walker doesn’t back down this time on his threats to lay off state employees.

Scott Walker has demonstrated time and time again that though he’s the son of a pastor, he didn’t learn much about compassion or character.

H/T to the Brew Cirt Brawler.

Tagged with: Milwaukee County • Scott Walker

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4 Responses to Second verse, same as the first

ray says:

February 28, 2011 at 8:55 am

that son of a pastor is doing the right thing by helping over 4 million people that are taxed enough.I guess the real compassion comes from the fleebaggers that will stick the state with another 160 million in debt.
Zack, I hope your kids don’t runaway the next time they disagree with you!
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- Zach says:
  
  February 28, 2011 at 8:28 pm
  
  ray, my oldest understands pretty clearly what Sen. Chris Larson is doing and why he’s doing it. She understands that he’s fighting for his constituents – including her – in the only way he can right now.
  
  As to your comment about my kids running away, I trust they’d never need to do that, but then again, unlike Scott Walker I’m willing to sit down and talk to work things out.
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Alt says:

February 28, 2011 at 12:11 pm

“Zack, I hope your kids don’t runaway the next time they disagree with you” – Ray

Glad to see people like Ray have to resort to cheap shots when disagreeing with someone elses opinion. Excellent job there, you must also be a son of a pastor. I certainly called my school teachers “fleebaggers” when I was in the 4th grade too, of course since then I’ve grown up and realized teachers (and people) should be respected. But since we are at it I guess your kids wouldnt know about that propaganda since they are home schooled.
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The Rooster says:

February 28, 2011 at 12:56 pm

Walker is a political machine. If you want to know what a career politician looks like, please reference our wonderful Gov. He has proven that he willing to play with peoples’ lives in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Who do you think will pay the price of this gambit if he loses? It will most likely damage the GOP Reps and Senators who stood with him before it will damage his political career. Sure he may get re-called but the right wing will call him a martyr for taking a stand against tax and spend liberals. While the GOP state reps and senators will be forced to stand up for this bill when they run again (and many will lose).

To Ray and others, who would complain that they are over taxed, I’d argue that you as an individual maybe. The everyday worker is the one who shoulders the burden while American companies continue to flourish. So I’d ask you to instead of looking at the expense side of things (what Walker does), why don’t you consider fighting for more revenue (something Walker should be doing)? Don’t fall into the trap of defending the corporate elite while you are fighting alongside the rest of us over scraps. The American Dream is in jeopardy not because of unions, it is in jeopardy because we’ve sold our country to big business.

For those who think that American Corporations are struggling I’ve included a link below to a New York Times article written a couple of months ago. Please pay attention to the language, specifically “companies have been able to make more with less”. This is a strategic decision to insulate their profit margin. So one must ask him/herself what is their responsibility to the American citizen? I don’t know, but I know what Big Business would argue.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/business/economy/24econ.html
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