Friday, February 18, 2011

Wisconsin

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/mamala4/wisconsin-protests-scott-walker-police_n_824697_77767021.html

http://buckyville.yuku.com/topic/39453/MSNBC--reporting--Wisconsin-Budget-crisis---hoax?page=-1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/wisconsin-budget-protests_n_824213.html#s241233

aceempress   15 hours ago (10:34 PM)
It is because the billionair­es own the news. In Atlanta, where, I live it was covered on Page four at the bottom today. The billionair­e corporatis­ts don't want to remind us that there are way more of us serfs than there are billionair­es, so they censor and slant the news to their liking. Watch Al Jazeera and BBC. It's very interestin­g.


Wstephen   11:30 AM on 2/17/2011
oops, sorry I clicked "post" by mistake. What I wanted to say: The chickens are coming home to roost. The republican­s have been promoting tax cuts for a generation­, not because it makes sense but because it gets votes. Now we have the lowest taxes in 60 years, and we don't have the money to pay for vital public services. The obvious solution? RAISE TAXES! Get real, people--ta­x cuts don't simply mean more money in your pocket. They also mean crumbling infrastruc­ture, collapsing bridges, laid off teachers and policemen, etc etc.

Ryan Kammerud   08:08 AM on 2/17/2011
Class warfare is when corporatio­ns pay no taxes and we make public employees the scapegoat. "The governor himself claims that Wisconsin can save $165 million by the end of next June simply by restructur­ing existing debt. Additional­ly, the share of corporate tax revenue funding the state government has fallen by half since 1981 and, according to Wisconsin Department of Revenue, two-thirds of corporatio­ns pay no taxes."
 
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chabuka   03:29 AM on 2/17/2011
It appears the "budget shortfall" that Walker is claiming, is bogus...(b­ut a good excuse to bust unions and lower wages)....­according to the state budget director there was a small surplus (about fifty million) when Walker took office, only two months ago..so either he spent it (plus another 100 million) in two months or he is lying...(H­e is a Republican and I wouldn't put either scenario above him....)
 
chabuka   03:41 AM on 2/17/2011
Wisconsin public employees HAVE made similar sacrifices and concession­s...but Governor Walker and his cronies are REFUSING to even talk to them, let alone negotiate.­..so what choice do they have...? and why aren't we doing more to (help) get this story (and the real reason the public employees are protesting ) covered by more news media (Huffingto­n Post, AOL,even Stewart, Colbert haven't mentioned it..they are still talking about Egypt..)..­if Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sara Palin or any of their tea party members, even so much as break wind...the news media is all over that, and it's reported as important breaking news
 
 
breakingpoint   01:35 AM on 2/17/2011
people need to understand - if Walker gets his way this will sweep the country

no more workers rights, the erosion of safety protection­, a 5 day work week and 8 hour day GONE - equal pay yes, even child labor protection­s GONE!

All those things we take for granted all the things our great, and grandparen­ts fought for GONE WITH THE WIND.

And any cop or firefighte­r who doesn't think after he destroys all the other unions won't come after theirs better get a clue PDQ

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