Edwynn -> RE: SCOTT WALKER for President (3/4/2011 2:14:47 AM)
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Wisconsin Senate to vote on anti-union bill MADISON, Wis. – Protesters clogged the hallways of the Wisconsin state Capitol on Thursday as the Senate prepared to pass a momentous bill that would strip government workers, including school teachers, of nearly all collective bargaining rights. The nation's most aggressive anti-union proposal has been speeding through the Legislature since Republican Gov. Scott Walker introduced it a week ago. After clearing a major legislative hurdle Wednesday night, it was headed to votes in the Senate and Assembly. <snip> Thousands of protesters, including children and teachers from more than two dozen schools forced to close due to high absences, were expected in and outside the Capitol for a third day of protests. Schools in Madison, the state's second largest district with 2,600-union covered employees, closed for a second day. <snip> They chanted "Kill the bill!" and "Recall Walker!" early on Thursday. But there appeared to be little doubt the bill would pass. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110217/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_budget_unions "Kill the bill"? Oh my... how ugly. That being said, the governor certainly would have MY vote, should he seek the presidency! A guy with spine, how refreshingly different - I like that. The "spineless" European economies, being ~ 40 percent unionized, low cost education and low cost health care, and kicking the US all over the joint economically in every way, would likely not get your vote then, I take it. Ideology over results. That's how we've arrived at where we are today. Congratulations.
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