Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
More bluff and bluster from the Super Freak....see folks, this Super Freak(ing) neocon asshole DID NOT READ THE ARTICLE, yet he spouted off some generalized bullshit denouncing it. When challenged, Super Freak could NOT name one point of the article that he could disprove! So in true dishonest fashion, the Super Freak(ing) asshole wants me to do his homework for him.
Sorry, my Super Freak(ing) Chump, the chronology of the posts exposes your lame ploy. YOU made the statement, the burden of proof is on YOU. Put up or continue to blow smoke....because only you and the usual neocon/teabagger suspects will buy into that smoke you blow. Carry on, chuckles.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezr...g_propose.html
Walker tries to sell the change in collective bargaining as modest. "State and local employees could continue to bargain for base pay, they would not be able to bargain over other compensation measures." But that's not really true. Read down a bit further and you'll find that "total wage increases could not exceed a cap based on the consumer price index (CPI) unless approved by referendum." In other words, they couldn't bargain for wages to rise faster than inflation. So, in reality, they can't bargain for wages and they can't bargain over other forms of compensation. They just can't bargain.
Wrong. They still have the ability to bargain. It just isn't with the politicians they bribe. They have the ability to bargain with the rest of the tax payers. They can still get an increase in benefits and wages if they successfully bargain with the tax payer to provide the increases.
What a bunch of BS the Super Freak just spewed! "Bargain with the rest of the taxpayers?" WTF is that? Since when do YOU, AN INDIVIDUAL "bargain" with the state for an increase in your salary or bargain WITH THE REST OF THE STATE CITIZENRY for an increase in your salary, my Super Freak(ing) Walker kiss ass ? You bargain with the state if you are a IF YOU ARE A UNION! The ONLY other recourse is a specific vote to your gov't rep (House and Senate) to change the law. Once again, a neocon/teabagger toadie throws logic out the window in favor of a fantasy to support the chicanery of Walker.
The proposal doesn't stop there, though. "Contracts would be limited to one year and wages would be frozen until the new contract is settled. Collective bargaining units are required to take annual votes to maintain certification as a union. Employers would be prohibited from collecting union dues and members of collective bargaining units would not be required to pay dues." These rules have nothing to do with pension costs or even bargaining. They're just about weakening unions: They make it harder for unions to collect dues from members, to negotiate stable contracts or to survive a bad year.
True. But with one major factor your liberal idiot refuses to address. The above protects the WORKERS from having to pay union dues to a union that goes AGAINST their wishes/political beliefs. The worker still has the ability to pay union dues. IF the unions are so valuable to the worker... they will pay them right? If not... they won't. That means the union has to EARN the dues. Not simply take them. Protection of the worker.... is that not what you proclaim to support?
Again, since BY LAW NO ONE IS FORCED TO JOIN A UNION, the Super Freak(ing) neocon/teabagger liar has been caught BS'ing again! Once again, this little ditty by the Super Freak CREATES a premise and then builds on it.....the reality of the facts and the logic that derives from them be damned by the Super Freak(ing) Walker kiss ass. Since the Walker changes screw with the VOTING process of the union, union members are screwed to vote for the very changes that affect what the SuperFreak's supposition and conjecture is all about. Once again, the FACTS make a complete ass of the Super Freak.
He then links in that article to a previous article in which he clearly misstates facts, because he is liberal and that is what he does....
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/unions_arent_to_blame_for_wisc.html
Another accusation by the Super Freak by which he offers no proof beyond his dubious opinion. I guess we'll have to wait several more days and posts before this Super Freak(ing) BS artist actually READS what he's commenting on....or develop the guts to discuss it in an open forum.
In fact, it particularly doesn't work for what Walker is attempting in Wisconsin. The Badger State was actually in pretty good shape. It was supposed to end this budget cycle with about $120 million in the bank.
The above was the blatant lie the left perpetrated over and over and over again. It completely ignores all the money the previous administration took from other funds and transferred into the general fund to 'create' that surplus. It completely ignores the FACT that the WI Supreme court ruled that the money taken from other funds had to be paid back and thus... THERE WAS NO SURPLUS. There was a massive deficit.... AS WALKER STATED.