Aside from the fact that he's a foul man with minimal intelligence who destroyed the opportunity for Wisconsin to have high speed rail (which would have also created about 5000 jobs), there are things like this:
-Republican leaders plan to soon pass a bill that would effectively strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers in Wisconsin
-the governor unveiled a budget repair bill that would remove nearly all collective bargaining rights for nearly all public employees in the state and make it easier for employers to fire workers that engage in some form of labor unrest.
-School officials fear anticipated cuts to K-12 education in Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal next week could have a "devastating" effect on public education — from up to 85 teacher layoffs in Janesville to a $17.5 million hole in Madison's K-12 budget. (http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/article_8e1a9c8e-3ab0-11e0-8e4e-001cc4c002e0.html?sourcetrack=moreArticle)
I'm reading up on the impact it would have on the university, since that's where my parents have made and continue to make their livelihood, but the the conclusions I'm seeing is that the bill is unacceptable and would violate principles already set in place.
And maybe I seem naive and don't know all the issues, but as a person who grew up in the Madison school district and has watched excellent teachers suffer brutal wages and now possibly lose their bargaining power, I have to say that even with my own poor wages, I would gladly accept a tax increase to better fund the schools that taught me.
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-Republican leaders plan to soon pass a bill that would effectively strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers in Wisconsin
-the governor unveiled a budget repair bill that would remove nearly all collective bargaining rights for nearly all public employees in the state and make it easier for employers to fire workers that engage in some form of labor unrest.
-School officials fear anticipated cuts to K-12 education in Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal next week could have a "devastating" effect on public education — from up to 85 teacher layoffs in Janesville to a $17.5 million hole in Madison's K-12 budget. (http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/article_8e1a9c8e-3ab0-11e0-8e4e-001cc4c002e0.html?sourcetrack=moreArticle)
I'm reading up on the impact it would have on the university, since that's where my parents have made and continue to make their livelihood, but the the conclusions I'm seeing is that the bill is unacceptable and would violate principles already set in place.
And maybe I seem naive and don't know all the issues, but as a person who grew up in the Madison school district and has watched excellent teachers suffer brutal wages and now possibly lose their bargaining power, I have to say that even with my own poor wages, I would gladly accept a tax increase to better fund the schools that taught me.