STRONG SUPPORT For WI Governor Scott Walker in Latest Poll
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, March 11, 2011, 11:22 PM
The New York AFL-CIO unions bussed in reinforcements to Madison for their battle against Scott Walker.
But, in the end Walker won.
Hallis Mailen sleeps on Sunday in the rotunda of the Wisconsin Capitol as a round-the-clock protest continues over the proposed budget and bargaining rights. (Post-Gazette)
66%, or two of every three, swing voters support Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) in the latest national poll conducted by the Free Enterprise Nation.
PR Newswire reported, via Free Republic:
The Free Enterprise Nation (FEN) today released the results of a national poll that shows strong support for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker among Independent voters. The poll of voters outside of Wisconsin, taken from March 3rd to March 9th, included 500 Democrat, 500 Republican and 500 Independent voters.
FEN spokesman, Jim MacDougald stated that “This poll contradicts some of the other polls we’ve seen. According to our poll, 95% of Republicans agree with the Governor, and 92% of Democrats agree with the union. There is not much of a surprise there. But 66% of Independent voters agree with the Governor, and this group is what swings most elections.”
The support for the Governor’s position was even stronger when the question specifically addressed his plan to require teachers to pay 5.8% of their salary toward their pension and 12.6% of their health insurance costs, with 71% of all respondents saying that measure was fair.
When asked if it is good public policy to allow public sector workers to retire at age 55 or earlier, 61% of all voters said “no”, and they were evenly divided when asked if public sector employees should be allowed to unionize with 48% against, 48% for, and 4% undecided.
So much for that “Waterloo” moment democrats were hoping for.
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The Underground Conservative commented:
Looking at that picture, one thought came to mind: “Whale on the beach! Whale on the beach!”
BetterDeadthanRed commented:
Just as I thought, he stood his ground and the people love it. They love real leadership.
Warthog commented:
It was a Waterloo moment.
Only… Walker was Wellington.
(*sigh* I’m so witty and that’ll go right past the trolls…)
buckybadgerboy commented:
Rotund and dirty in the dirty rotunda.
AuntieMadder commented:
That fat f@$&er slept through the whole thing, didn’t he?
Opaobie commented:
They created a gold mine of material for campaign ads for the Republicans for the next cycle. They also destroyed what little respect normal parents and students may have had for teachers in Wisconsin. How can teachers expect students to behave and follow rules in school when the teachers themselves conducted themselves like anarchists? They will reap a bitter harvest from the seeds they have sown.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Wasn’t Walker supposed to be losing the support of independents, according to some other poll?
Sakes.
mcc commented:
A real shame there aren’t more like Walker and West — can’t help but love them:
West suspects that the military as an institution is targeted by liberals because of the things it represents.
“The military stands for things that liberals don’t care for: standards, discipline, honor, character. And those are things they don’t like because they believe everyone should be equal…that is not what the military is all about.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/11/rep-allen-west-slams-military-diversity-report/#ixzz1GN1cKW1S
LimoLibsStink commented:
0bama:
It’s good to see Michael Moore sleeping on the floor of the Rotunda after a huge pork protest dinner. He is a real rotund radical. He can belly up to Barney Franks rear-end any day!
Yes, he will be getting a 0bamacare waiver for his hard work. Then it time for him to go back to fat farm. Good day.
Andreas K. commented:
Someone call Greenpeace, there’s a whale… oh wait, I’m not the first one to think that?
Rose commented:
This is what we have been demanding of the GOP for DECADES!
YAY! For WALKER!!!
gus commented:
I know Scott Walker. I have known him for years. He is honest. He is akin to a Boy Scout. He isn’t going to buckle. NEVER. This whole issue has been DISHONESTLY REPORTED.
In Wisconsin, the PUBLIC UNIONS have been stripped of their OPTION of Negotiating Benefits.
In SO -DOING, the GOOOONIONS have lost the ability to COMMAND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES to PAY THEM vis a vis. THE STATE WITHHOLDING GOOONION DUES and the STATE HANDING THE GOOONION dues to the GOOONION.
Goonions HERETOFORE have been negotiating with their BOUGHT AND PAID FOR PALS.
SORRY GOOIONS. GAME OVER.
Sunny commented:
The unions stood against the people who didnt want Obamacare. They were all pro Obamacare, yes to socialized medicine, but at the end. . . they are exempt and the regular guy gets the shaft. They dont want nonunion workers to have a shot at union sites and again the regular (free thinking) guy gets the shaft. They say they are bringing the videos we see in Egypt to Madison, I think they have the wrong video. What they are bringing is Greece to Madison. Greece, broke and struggling, yet the union workers want their share. It is unbelievable. It is wonderful to actually see a politician not bend and do what he was voted into office to do. Hope to see more politicians with spines in the future. Oh and the Dems who left the state, spoiled children who must take their orders from somewhere else.
Millitant Conservative commented:
This is exactly what RUSH said yesterday. IF it polls were any different the Obama would have brought this up during his presser. The media was a willing participant as it asked not one question about this. This time in our histor DOMESTIC issues trump INTERNATIONAL issues. Obama once again missed the mark. He could have tried to lead but NOOOOOO.
He voted present once again.
Gov. Walker is what this country is craving. Morals and ethics with leadership skills. Gee, everything Obama is not. Ouch, (erkle voice, did I do that??)
powder is dry
a former democrat commented:
I have some collegues in WI, they are independents, they support collective bargaining in theory, hence the poll saying yes 66% of americans want collective bargaining preserved.
However, and it is a big however.
They also support Gov walker, they voted for him, and agree with this reigning in of public union benefits, as Walker says in this interviews, there are people are working class middle class who are not part of any union, many are living very frugally, and to see this blatant thuggery from union boss has made them very disgusted with these public union leaders and the members who aren’t just protesting, that’s fine, but those who are breaking things, threatening people.
Walker comes off as a very calm, diligent for the “working middle class” person. He makes his interview rounds and explains things very well, no hysteria, calm, but firm.
Those independents who dont’ support Walker, if you explanation what the bill is, and that it will allow things like having shorter contract terms, flexibility to fire bad teachers, and pay good teachers higher, then most of these independents will support walker.
squeaky commented:
[Senate Democrats Return to Wisconsin, Will Thank Supporters
By Ann-Elise Henzl
March 12, 2011 | WUWM | Milwaukee, WI
All 14 Democratic state senators who left Wisconsin three weeks ago to delay action on a controversial Republican budget repair bill are planning a news conference Saturday in Madison.]
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=8053
Granny commented:
#13 -
“It is wonderful to see a politician not bend”
Walker can’t take all the credit for this. First and foremost credit needs to go to those 18 unbending politicians that had to walk the gauntlet of screaming, raving lunatics to even get into their capitol to pass this bill, even as they and their families were being threatened with death.
Somewhat Reasonable Voice commented:
Someone needs to call the Navy in and dynamite that whale. If it gets loose it could block the sea lanes. My question is how did a it get beached so far inland?
Bobbi commented:
That guy Hallis has filthy feet. Whatever happened to public health laws requiring shoes I’n buildings?
Bobbi commented:
Hallis: “But, anyway, in my research on Hallis, I discovered he’s not even a union thug, so I guess he’s protesting just for the sake of protesting. He’s an unemployed holistic healer – who would have thought that someone with Hallis’ hygiene habits would have trouble finding work in which he’d have to put those hands on other people?”
BTW he is sleeping next to a Vets for Peace sign, but he is not a vet.
vagabond trader commented:
Behold,this is the enemy of freedom.
squeaky commented:
[Three-fourths of 8,284 stimulus-related jobs accounted for so far were public-sector posts protected by the federal infusion into state and local government coffers, Gov. Jim Doyle's office reported.] and just why would we be surprised ????? you can only go to the well just so many times…..
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/64116527.html
cutlers bad knee commented:
#21 If he were a holistic healer you would think he would be concerned about all the harmful garbage he is eating and putting in that big gut of his…….
Maybe Seabiscuit will take him in and put him on her all vegie diet…then take him ouy and buy him a thousand dollar pair of socks………
squeaky commented:
OT
[Gang Rape of Schoolgirl, and Arrests, Shake Texas Town," the Times article covering the atrocities, is a collection of one perpetrator-excusing, victim-blaming insult after another. It starts right after the lede and some further information about the suspects, who include middle schoolers and a 27-year-old.] keep in mind that the victim is 11……
http://motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2011/03/new-york-times-texas-rape#
Doug commented:
Hallis Mailen
http://www.facebook.com/hallis.mailen
squeaky commented:
during the healthcare debate “breaking down america” had a video of police tossing opponents at the behest of the acorn demonstrators. i guess the lines are drawn.
[In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining,
please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the
goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will
do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to
preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table.
Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and
fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that
ideal.
In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the
executive Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer,
at 608.273.3840.]
http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/charliesykes/117764004.html?blog=y
Ginger commented:
MCC #8
You are so right! I have been e-mailing Col. West/congressman West begging him to run for president.
Ginger commented:
In case you missed this Watch Judge Napolitano. He is ripping (legally) the fraud apart. Spread this far and wide and keep it going!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGW5I7VdzuY
Somewhat Reasonable Voice commented:
I see Stinky is still sleeping on. This picture will become an icon of the character of the unions and the shortcoming of the police. Am I the only one who sees vagrancy written all over this picture?
squeaky commented:
obviously the downside of closing the institutions while releasing the inmates onto an unsuspecting society. being rehabilitated and all.
Ginger commented:
#34…I do! I thought if Madison would had charged room fees then there may not had been very many sleep overs!
squeaky commented:
[La Follette, a Democrat who opposes Walker's bill, said that he had already received the signed bill from Walker's office. By law, he would have to publish the bill within 10 days unless a court blocked him, he said.
To publish a bill, La Follette said, his office schedules a date for publication and then arranges for the state's official newspaper, the Wisconsin State Journal, to print a notice with a short summary of the bill. That would leave Monday's paper as the first opportunity for the bill to be published because the state doesn't publish bills over the weekend.
La Follette said Walker has asked him to publish the bill on Monday, but that he will not do so "There's too much happening," La Follette said of the court cases. "I think it would..]
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117798133.html
Ginger commented:
squeaky
Over 2,700 comments on that story. Should I try to read some of them or is that a liberal rag?
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#27 squeaky
Never thought I’d say this about a Mother Jones article: damn good article.
I hate the insidious use of passive voice by the MSM, too. {e.g. “X million Jews lost their lives during the Holocaust.”. No, you twits, “X million Jews were murdered by German citizens and government during the 1930′s, which became known as the Holocaust.” As if they just all “up and died” on us. And the MSM do this each year, on cue….on purpose.}
So, 18 men rape an 11-year old girl repeatedly, and the NYT wonders how they were “drawn into” this. Also these “journalists” bemoan that these poor, poor boys will never be the same again. F**K THE MSM.
squeaky commented:
ginger – i stay away from the comments. better for the stomach
Harry C commented:
Hallis’s fans might like to know that he was an integral part of the drun curcle at the Capitol.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seiu/5484351277/
squeaky commented:
#41 March 12, 2011 at 9:05 am
Harry C commented:
ahhhhh! the rocket scientists brigade i see.
Somewhat Reasonable Voice commented:
Drum circle? Seems “slightly” pagan somehow. I would have never guessed that Stinky was an artiste. He just doesn’t seem the type to be all artsy-f artsy. You don’t suppose he actually bathed for his performance, do you? After all he did change his shirt (and indeed a nice shirt it is). I would have guessed he would Be a drum, not play one.
donh commented:
This is exaclty what I expected. The Bad polling numbers the MSM used to intimidate our success were due to growing disappointment at Walker’s excessive catering to communists. …his inability to bring down the hammer and finish the work. Now that he has shown courage and integrity rarely seen from a supposed ” opposition party ” his poll numbers are surging upward. Let this be a lesson to all those socialist republicans who fake conservatism.
squeaky commented:
four repubs crossed over to vote with the dems. if the awol 14 came back to vote could they have won?
KC commented:
Oh, I hope I never have to look at that body and those disgusting feet of his AGAIN!
kay commented:
i’m a little late to the party here but this is my comment:
*
they will still get enough signatures to recall Walker and 8 senators putting it to a vote. Now, unless those 66% of indies get their butts out to support Walker and the senators, along with the republican voters who have to show up en masse, as the ballot boxes will be stuffed by AFL-CIO/Trumpka-ites, Walker and the 8 are doomed.
Oh Noes! commented:
@ Kay… Oh Noes!
informedunionvoter commented:
What a bunch of crap!!! Wisconsin HATES scotty Hussain and the rest of the lying fasict republicans who constantly give all of our tax dollars to corporations to build factories in china, and they will be removed from off quickly. Even Rassmussen shows walker is tanking and that was before his hitler-esque (he imprisoned the trade unionists first, too) move to trash the unions. These anti-american pigs should all be in prison for treason.
grizzlybare commented:
The sleeping blob is Hugh Rodham, Hillary’s brother…..at least it looks like him. It COULD be Trumka sans the $2000 suits. Maybe he’s Obama’s next Czar…of something. Anyway, I’m sure Michelle will be faxing him a diet any day now.
BarbaraS commented:
Unfortunately for the dims, the whole country is seeing what they and the unions are and how far they are willing to go to get their way. Their media dogs can no longer report their version of the news and keep us in ignorance. There has been nothing about the violence in WI in the media but the internet is letting everyone know the facts and these facts are getting out.
This whole mess has not been about paying more in health insurance and pensions. It has been about forcing the state to deduct union dues directly from ALL workers salaries. Good luck to the unions collecting these dues themselves. It’s too bad the legislature didn’t go further and make WI a right to work state. It is unconstitutional to say all workers have to belong to a union if they want to work and pay dues even if they don’t belong. This non right to work law is where obama got his mandate to force us to buy health insurance. Dims don’t think up new ideas. They just revamp all the old ones under another guise.
surrounded commented:
I don’t get why you guys think scott walker supports the “regular guy?” everyone knows he’s backed by the Kock brothers, the billionare CEO and VP who own the second largest company in the United States. The Republican party, especially after the elections of the likes of Nixon and Reagan, has become a stronghold for the ultra-rich that have over 92% of the world’s wealth and make up far less than 1% of it’s population. To me, this is disgusting. But obviously not everyone feels that way. I’m not a democrat and I’m sure as hell not a republican. I just try and be as logical as I can and I have beliefs that fall under both parties. Personally, I think the republican party is just an outfit for the rich to abuse our country, rape the land, and use people and whatever else they have to in order to increase or maintain they’re status and wealth. Part of the reason they still exist is because they control most mass media conglomerates and have extremely powerful business influence. Another more important reasonis because of how they stand on issues like abortion, religion, war, gay-lesbian rights, gun-control, immigration, civil-rights, workers rights, animal cruelty and the enviroment(i don’t think these words are even part of a republicans vocabulary unless they’re bashing it) etc. These issues are so important to many people that they will vote republican for just that one reason. Most democrats, to me, represent a much more humane and worldly approach. Although they are often walked all over because of their non-violent beliefs and less focus on old-world values which ARE important. There are many holes in the Democrat political view but they are nothing like what will happen if the republicans did take over. I believe ( and im sure most you won’t be into what i have to say) that if people like you, conservatives, were to take over this country, that within less than a few hundred years at most, our entire country would be completely destroyed and quiet possibly our world. Greed and deceit are underestimated emotions in America. I was born and raised in Wisconsin and if I know Scott Walker is a complete coward and a tool for the Koch brothers. He is a terrible person and it’s hard for me to beleive there’s even people out there who support him. But I know there are very many of you. He wouldn’t last one second outside of the huge governor’s mansion on the east side of Madison (my hometown and also where the massive protests are being held.If I were given a chance I’d kill him myself. and no, it’s not a bunch of fat guys sleeping. typical conservative slander to distract from the truth and make the opponent look as bad as possible. protesters aren’t a bunch of fat people sleeping .
surrounded commented:
Sorry not Kock it’s Koch*
Bucky commented:
Dear Tea Party,
Please join your union neighbors and fellow citizens and get our tax dollars back from the billionaires and corporate special interests that robbed us blind and rewarded themselves with fat bonuses after we bailed them out.
We’ll split the money with you.
Thx.
AuntieMadder commented:
Bucky #55 – Better idea: Let’s vote out the jackasses who bailed them out with our money to start with…and let their replacements know that we’ll fire them, too, if they do the same.
down with tea grab a cola commented:
you know I wish that people really cared about each other…. we are the richest greatest nation in the world….. republician and they’re crazy ultra conservatives need to be stopping ( through understanding and caring…) people think its cool to not care about ur neighbors.. this is why people are having such an issue with health care reform and union rights. All people care about is them freakin selves! one day u republicians will be the ones that need some help and I hope the same laws that ur trying to pass work against u…..
down with tea grab a cola commented:
and if u wonder why look at the many many stories on the net or especially youtube of how PEOPLE died bc of evil ( yes evil the only word that describe what is out there) companies policies that cater to the haves ….. and away fom the have nots…..
Bret Piontek commented:
The Free Enterprise Nation, which conducted this poll, claims to be bi-partisan, but reading their content it is very clear that they are hardly an objective organization.
By the poll’s own admission, 2 out of the three categories of participants are FEN members which are likely to vote against union organizations. The third category was a sampling of online ads that appeared on a variety of websites, however as an internet marketer I know exactly how online ads can be manipulated to target whatever demographic the advertiser is looking for.
This is junk polling science at its worst, as the credible and objective national polls report exactly the opposite of what’s being reported here.
Also noted is the propaganda photo at the top of this “article” suggesting that union supporters are a bunch of fat slobs dirtying up the capitol. I live in downtown Madison and have been in the thick of these protests. With well over 80,000 protesters the past two weekends, this photo hardly represents the attendees.
Confused commented:
First of all I like to say I hate unions, aside from that I hate Scott Walker. Do you people that support him realize he isn’t doing all this for middle class workers? There was an estimated surplus in the already BALANCED budget from cuts all of wisconsin has taken in the last decade. As soon as he became governor he gave tax cuts to corporations that supported him to the tune of 133m! Then cries that there is a deficit and here’s the bill that will fix it. The bill will not fix it. The bill just strips rights from people. Do you all really believe teachers are making tons of money. Why the hell didn’t you become a teacher then? Because you aren’t smart/dumb enough too. Smart in that you need many years and certification to do it. Dumb in that you fork over a lot of your time in extracurricular activities that you are not paid to. I know people that teach and I know people that studied to do it, but ended up going to the private sector because it paid better! Use your brain and think a little bit instead of just taking this as anti union. I’m not a big fan, but looking at the bill I can see it is more about taking rights away from us and giving it to them. All this bill does is takes taxpayer money and shifts it to the corporations as tax breaks. Isn’t Scott Walker about less government. Then why are we taxpayers funding corporations. We bailed out the banks who failed in business, and you all let that ride. But when it comes to benefits and negotiating rights we must take more money from average workers. Please do not compare a teacher to private sector job that needs much less education. If you don’t think education matters, then you voted for the right person. Scott Walker who dropped out of College. While you are at it why not ask Scott Walker and Senators both Rep and Dem to take a cut on their benefits. I think of the people in this country are complete morons. Both left and right. We will eat up all the crap that is dished to us when it comes to the people having to take cuts, while the rich keep getting richer. The bush tax breaks for small business benefits 3% of the small business more than 50% of the total tax break. Because under that tax break, Koch Industries, Bechtel, the Chicago Tribune are all considered small corporations. That’s the loopholes that they take advantage off when they pretend to tell you they are helping small businesses. They are helping themselves to be able to be labelled small business to take our tax dollars as tax breaks. No cries from us, but when they say anit union and then say let’s cut public worker benefits you are all for it. Think about that a bit. We’ve all been played. Good job. Way to be dumb like I expect most of us to be. Keep it up. When it starts to affect you, then you too can cry about it while they label you a slob and other names to make it seem like you are lazy and not worth a crap as a human being.
surrounded commented:
it’s good to see some more support of sanity on this forum. Scott Walker and his kin are NOT the people that should be governing this country.
The Underground Conservative commented:
I had another thought looking at that picture: Thank God they haven’t invented Smell-A-Vision.
The Underground Conservative commented:
“There was an estimated surplus in the already BALANCED budget from cuts all of wisconsin has taken in the last decade. As soon as he became governor he gave tax cuts to corporations that supported him to the tune of 133m!”
That is simply not true. I live here. We are broke. Diamond Jim Doyle and the Democrats have been running a deficit — or, if you are Jim Sasser. a daffuzit — for years, raiding set-aside funds like transportation and patients compensation to mask those deficits, or blowing porkulus money. The State Supreme Court ruled that state taxpayers have to pay back the money Don Doyleone stole from the patients compensation fund with interest.
The tax incentives are for next year and are an attempt to get businesses to come to Wisconsin, after eight years of arguably the most anti-business and anti-jobs climate in America outside of Mexifornia. That will create real jobs, instead of parasites that climb onto the public payroll and consume wealth created by others, of which there are fewer and fewer, as resident flee the state and head to more friendly climates. States which allow us to keep more of what is rightfully ours, namely our money.
“The bill just strips rights from people.”
One word: Horsesh*t. The one party who does not have a voice in the current process is the taxpayer. It’s pure extortion and money laundering. Here’s how the process works: a union thug on one side of the table and a political hack on the other side, bought and paid for by the union thug. One extorting money from union members and the other extorting tax dollars from taxpayers and exchanging the sums of extorted money in the forms of generous salaries and benefits and campaign contributions.
Scott Walker and the Republicans in the State Legislature gave people like me a voice in the process, instead of being told to shut up and keep forking over the money.
Yes, union teacher — the Wisconsin Extortion Assocation Council — are overpaid, considering the lousy job they do. Milwaukee Public Schools, one of the worst urban school districts in the nation, has an average teacher compensation package of over $100,000. The rest of them make far more than their counterparts in the private sector.
Spare me the empty rhetoric about those poor starving teachers. The union has rigged the game in order to keep a lot of idealistic new teachers out. It’s the same in every state. Every single job — including summer school — is now a union job per CBAs. Summer school used to be an opportunity for teachers needing experience to get that hands-on experience. Now the game is rigged to the point that inexperienced teachers needing that real-world experience have few places to obtain it. Early retirement packages don’t really open positions, either, as many jobs are filled internally by teachers already employed.
It’s a vicious cycle. It’s why you find a lot of teachers waiting tables, tending bar, hoping and praying for a break that will never come.
your kidding, right? commented:
Screaming, hollering, death threats and just plain bully in the school yard tactics (by the teachers no less) directed at the duly elected officials that at least show up to do their jobs. Letters written to businesses that give them “An offer they can’t refuse” or else. Crying “Shame, Shame, Shame” as they walk by to do the job they were elected to do. Cheering the ones who were not even able to vote present as tho they had accomplished something. Defacing public property. Organized disruption by bussing people in from around the country. Making constant noise to try to prevent the State from doing the business of the State. Camera hungry Demagogues show up and spout the same old garbage that has accomplished nothing. All of this serving to divide the state so the unions can continue to hold the elected officials hostage to their campain contributions and the taxpayers can foot the bill.
Now you say you don’t like the negotiators on the other side of the table so you are going to make an organized effort to replace the negotiators (by using mandatory union dues) so you can get and keep your sweeheart deals. It is either that or we will get someone else elected that will give us the deals we want and the taxpayer will pay or else. You call this 50 years of progress? Somewhere during the 50 years it started to become more burden than progress and no one moved to stop it. If they did you ran them over like the big bullies you are.
Now the State is broke but you don’t care as long as you get what you want and to hell with everybody else. You accuse Republicans of being only for the rich but it is the Democrats that assure the rich will stay rich by making it impossible for the average guy to get ahead. Through mountians of red tape that only the rich can afford to negotiate. Through more and more regulations that only the rich can afford to surmount. Through organized labor that only the rich can afford to pay or move the business to another part of the world or country. Through the rich employing illegals that will work for so much less and hurt the ability of law abiding imigrants to recieve a better wage. Through confiscation of earnings when through hard work and some good fortune the average individual starts to make some decent money.
You want me to support this kind of garbage in the name of fairness? Your kidding, right?
As a self employed individual that pays 100% of my pension, 100% of my health care, assumes 100% of the risk of failure. I will be punished for succeding by having a dispraportionate amount confiscated by the government to prevent me from joining the ranks of the rich and see that money distributed in such a way to make sure I never rise above the status of middle class.
You make me sick!
Chisum commented:
#64,
WELL SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
skately commented:
Governor Walker I was never more proud of America! You certainly represent the people who love America and the rest can move to Cuba if that’s the life they love including Jesse Jackson, Michael More — and their union protestors! they both look and act like they ‘re related to the whale caught sleeping in the rotunda.
Killthebillkillers commented:
“Rotund and dirty in the dirty rotunda.”
You’re quite the talented poet, buckeybadgerboy. Bravo!!!
max headroom commented:
Wow you people for Walker are either plants by the Koch bros or stone cold idiots.
Walker lost his first political race ,class president of at his college because of ethic violations.
Mainly he has no ethics, or morality.Hes scum and a tool of Corporate jerk offs that want to enslave anyone not worth at least a Million.He also is a radical and almost as a big of a nut-job as Palin.He is a bully and unlike his Hero the senile Ronald Reagen has no sense of diplomacy .kind of like a rabid rat ,You people who support him ,your next.Because although you make 150-200 k a year.His Masters will one day ascertain that you too are small fish to fry.Heil Walker an American Nazi
CAKT commented:
Max-68
You are sadly mistaken! I feel horrible that you didn’t learn any history while in school! Nazi’s were MURDERERS…thousands and thousands of people were tortured, beaten, poisoned and killed because of them…Governor Walker is trying to save the state and restore fiscal sanity. Certainly, you want to change your “heil”, since you obviously didn’t know who the Nazi’s were! Hope this helps! Oh, my goodness, I feel so bad for you! I don’t make CLOSE to your claim financially, and surprisingly, my head isn’t up George Soros’ rich butt like yours, either!
The_Kat commented:
I can’t believe that union supporters on this thread are so incredibly stupid! Are they being paid to make idiotic comments? Scott Walker has finally put the REAL bosses in charge – the TAXPAYERS – you know those middle-class people who go to work for a living? If that isn’t for the middle-class, I don’t know what is! As for tax breaks for big corporations and the rich…who do you think hires middle-class people? I don’t know about you but I never had a poor man give me a job. What Walker is doing is the opposite of what former Democrat Governor Jim Doyle did, which was chase good paying jobs out of Wisconsin.
And comparing Scott Walker to a Nazi? Oh, I forgot, you were publik skooled by yooyun teechrs and probably don’t know your history. The union thugs protesting in Madison, the morons making death threats against GOP legislators and their families, the pigs threatening businesses that don’t go along with their agenda, the teachers indoctrinating their students with socialist propaganda … now THOSE ARE THE NAZIS! Republicans are about as far from being “Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei” or translated the National Socialist German Workers’ Party as you can get. Sounds more like union thugs doesn’t it?
But I’m sure my argument will fall on deaf ears since those protesting against Scott Walker are either union babies, mentally bankrupt or are unemployed. My bad…
jeanneB commented:
The Kat- you are so right- Thanks for speaking up and telling it like it really is so for so amy of us!There is a majority of us sick of the union control- it is time to let this go in WI.
We need to stand up to the union bosses taking over for the majority!