I love American politics.
Whenever something happens, quotes from the past usually follow. Now these quotes are going around:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1937: “All government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.”
Bumming around I came across this:
"Prior to the late 1950’s, not a single state in the union allowed public employees to unionize and collectively bargain. The reasons were simple. Public employees, just like every other American, have the right to petition their government in how to best spend taxpayer dollars. Few saw any reason why public employees ought to be given collective bargaining rights, including the AFL-CIO Executive Council which explained in a 1959 statement that “government workers have no right to [collectively bargain] beyond the authority to petition Congress- a right available to every citizen.”
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If Quebec didn't get transfer payments it would be in a similar situation as Wisconsin. But we get to sweep things under the rug longer.
No matter how you argue and dice it, there's a money crunch. It's a wave started in Europe and it has moved here. Someone will have to pay. Right now, it's the middle-class propping up things.
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Politifact does some researching about Walker's plan.
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50/50 looks like support in Wisconsin.
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From Motherjones.
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Well that's cute. Senators fleeing to avoid voting in Wisconsin.
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I got a tip Red is ready to run for office.
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