Another Republican't Misnomer - Budget "Repair" Bill

Another Republican't Misnomer - Budget "Repair" Bill

Republican't Governor Scott Walker should call his bill what it is - a budget union busting bill - certainly not a budget repair bill. That is his real goal. Get rid of the only real competition Republican't have -- labor unions.Then our broken election process will be 100% dominated by big money donors. That is why other Republican't governors across the USA are watching Wisconsin so closely.

If Walker gets his way we will see this effort replicate across the country. And if those efforts are successful and unions and collective bargaining are destroyed then who will speak for the working class? We will see further cuts in wages in both the public and private sector. We will see benefits lost and working conditions compromised. Corporations will make even more profits than what we saw in 2010. Stockpiling greenbacks and not hiring workers - typical Republican't recipe for greed.

In Wisconsin we have about a $130 million dollar hole in the budget after handing out about $150 million in tax breaks. And we know where those tax breaks went. The WI Dept of Revenue records can be checked to find out how much corporate income tax the largest corporations actually pay. There is a significant gap in what the corporate income tax rate is and what those corporations actually pay.

Republican'ts repeat the refrain about how high the corporate income tax rate is but they do not want to deal with questions about how much taxes corporations actually pay. And this tax evasion exists across the country. The average working class taxpayer who has their income show up on W-2 forms cannot afford to pay for a tax attorney to find loopholes in the tax code. And look at who writes the tax code.

Too many people have forgotten their history and the accomplishments men and women in the labor movement made:
8 hour work day
Abolition of child labor
Safer working conditions
Minimum wage
Workers compensation
Then end of company stores

And the list goes on. Do people really think those benefits will continue without labor unions? Workers in non-unionized work places have seen their wages rise to keep up with increases that have been gained by union workers. The pay gap between workers and CEOs has increased dramatically. Payments to CEOs of corporations that have had the greatest layoffs has been increasing. Reward executives who cut their work force."So be it" in the words of the Speaker of the House.

This struggle in Wisconsin is not simply about public employees making a larger contribution to their pension and paying more of the health care costs. This struggle is about the economic viability of all public and private sector workers.

Don't let misrepresentations and distortions cloud your thinking. Take some time to seriously consider what is ahead. Look at the big picture. Look at the long term outlook. Look at who is funding the ads you see on TV support the Governor's proposal. Ask yourself what is going to happen when workers take another financial hit. Are they going to be going out and create more consumer demand? How will this proposal "repair" the budget? Why should Wisconsin give more tax breaks to corporations and take more from the workers? Why are the those who supported Walker in the 2010 campaign exempt from this proposal?

Let's work together on real solutions to make Wisconsin a better place.