Not crossing some other union’s picket line is perhaps one thing; calling a strike because some unrelated union is striking is definitely another.

Do public sector employees work for the taxpayers, or do taxpayers work for the public sector employees? Maybe it’s time we all find out, once and for all, who works for whom?

Let’s hope Scott Walker has the courage of Reagan, because it’s looking like he’s going to need it.

and do not know Wisconsin law or politics. My knee jerk reaction is let them strike. Fire them all then slowly and carefully hire non-socialist, non-union replacements. If that takes a year to complete, that would save a LOT of money and actually give the children a chance for an education.

Education for the children is clearly not a priority with this union mentality.

Fire them all for cause and hire the unemployed. Solves two problems with one stroke.

Yesterday, the SEIU bus was in Raleigh, NC. The bus schedule is on the SEIU website.

According to the Raleigh News and Observer one hundred protestors were in attendance. (if this is true to the N&O reporting, this means 50 were actually there. ). Whether 50 or 100 , it was a pathetic showing of support.

The winds are not behind the unions, and they know it. This is their last stand, and they will be making every possible effort not to lose this battle. It will be ugly. This will turn more and more people against them. Without the public with them a win will be very difficult for them.

In addition, if the federal government is shut down because an agreement cannot be made, the Dems will lose. The public will not support them this time.
The timing of this could not be worse on the federal level for the Dems.

The stronger our opposition is expressed, the closer we are to ending this battle. If the SEIU bus is in your area, take time to show up in support of the Rep. State Governors fighting this battle for us. Take pictures, put them on the Internet, and spread the news of how little support they are getting.

from David French:

There is a fundamental and negative cultural shift when individuals move from thinking they should keep the fruits of their own labor to believing they’re entitled to the fruits of others’ labor. Shutting down government for the sake of benefits you didn’t pay for, and health insurance you didn’t purchase represents an entitlement mentality run amok.

I hope the Gov. will stand his ground and not give an inch. Let them strike and then fire every last one of them. I have no doubt there’s plenty of good people that would be glad to step right into their jobs. I wish they could find a way to dispose of the yellow-bellied dems that fled the state as well. They should be fired and lose all their benefits as well! They should be treated no better than deserters from the military.

If they don’t get paid, this may all work out fine. The longer they strike, the less money they take from the budget.

Get ready to hire substitutes, NOW.

There are many people who are looking for jobs right now. It is time to stand up to these union thugs.

“Gov. Mitch Daniels signaled this afternoon that Republicans should drop the right-to-work bill that has brought the Indiana House to a standstill for two days and imperiled other measures.

Daniels told reporters this afternoon that he expected House Democrats will return to work if the bill dies. It would be unfortunate if other bills are caught up in the turmoil, he said.

He will not send out state police to corral the Democrats, the Republican governor said.

The Democrat minority has right to express its views, he added.

The governor clung to his view that this is not the year to tackle right to work.”

If so - I agree. Fire them all, for cause. These Union thugs are going down.

Are we doing some sort of money bomb tomorrow for the WI gop? I thought i read that somewhere

If Governor Walker were forced to hire 45,000 unemployed people who want to work and might even be competent?

I think that would be about the most terrible thing ever…

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little o is getting the degradation of the US much too soon.

Yet, pollers estimate up to 70% of pub. union workers are cons. or Rep. and do not listen to or vote the lib. party line of unions and Dems.

I hope WI has the guts to let this disaster play out. Eventually, PARENTS will get furious about students’ chronic unsupervised holiday and demand the schools revert to session again.

not exactly a conservative bastion.

Then in the comments I found this: http://nation.foxnews.com/union-protests/2011/02/22/gov-mitch-daniels-caves-fleeing-democrats#comment-154353203
Perhaps it’s spin. Perhaps it’s an objective assessment of the situation. One thing is certain, before we let our knees start jerking, we should let this play out. Then decide the truth.

So far Daniels has been pretty solid. I plan to wait until the dust settles and sort through the details. It may not grab headlines, but it is the responsible thing to do.

The only way that this will pass is with a quorum and the only way to a quorum is with at least one of the Dem Senators returning. If one or more returns, it would surely drag on union moral.

Sounds like not only will the unions lose some (not all) negotiating rights if this bill passes, but also there will be several tens of thousands of job opening when the unions go on strike and get fired…

NOT.

According to Obama’s Department of Education, 2/3 of Wisconsin’s eighth graders don’t meet the minimum reading standards despite the highest per-pupil spending in the region.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/two-thirds-wisconsin-public-school-8th-g

Maybe closing the public schools won’t really hurt the students so much, judging by how little they learn when they’re open.

Let them strike! They are slugs feeding on the garden and have no clue what this whole piece of legislation is about, none of these ‘union’ clowns. LOCK THEM OUT! All of them and replace them with people that need jobs. There is such a thing called State’s Rights. If you open your Constitution you will find it in Amendment 10. These unions think they are relevant and want to dictate to the state governors that this is the way we want it and you do it or else. I did not know that the Constitution granted the ‘labor unions’ this kind of power. Unions aren’t even mentioned in the Constitution. LOCK THEM OUT and let them rot.

these union workers are not elected. That means they can be fired.
Just like, when in the REAL WORLD, a worker decides not to come to work, he gets his last pay check, why don’t we give these Union Extortionists the same treatment.
Let them see and understand what it means to be an employee.

Talk of a massive strike by the State’s Unions reminds me of the Reagan Era when the Air Controllers walked out. Reagan gave them an ultimatum, “work or else”. Sounds like a line from the Godfather film you think. I say this remedy is still available to the Governor. Return to work or be terminated. Just think of the opportunities for ones who want to work. I read locally that 700 applicants applied for 1 janitors position. Just think we have about 15 million unemployed Americans that would be readily available to apply for those open positions.

the human disgrace in the White House, then sit back and wait. General strike, tear down the state? Union scum won’t be able to blame that on Walker.
It’s crunch time, air the filth out now, fight the battle, otherwise it’s going to be a very, very rocky election in “12.