It's easy to spot those who think the government owes them a living instead of balancing the budget and taking the load off of taxpayers.

"vegOmatic" wrote:

[quote="vegOmatic"]and lets not forget, UNION MEMBERS PAY TAXES!!!

"dhpackr" wrote:

....We needed Walker 20 years ago.

"vegOmatic" wrote:

I'm guessing that you only fly on airplanes with two right wings, huh veg ?


Walker is a twit...a corporate controlled yes man.

But dang, good old Dennis Kucinich has Scott Walker pegged.

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"vegOmatic" wrote:

eports are surfacing that Scott Walker is now preparing his next assault on the democratic political process in the State of Wisconsin.

Following the lead of Michigan GOP Governor Rick Snyder, Walker is said to be preparing a plan that would allow him to force local governments to submit to a financial stress test with an eye towards permitting the governor to take over municipalities that fail to meet with Walkers approval.

Gov. Snyders extraordinary law became all too real this week when Emergency Financial Manager, Joseph Harris, appointed by the Governor to take charge of Benton Harbor, Michigan, issued an order which took away all powers of the citys elected officials.

Yes, this has really happened right here in the United States of America.

Surely such a law, which flagrantly violates the federal, republican form of government mandated by the Article 4, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, would not survive constitutional muster.

Would it?

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

As you probably know, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder recently signed legislation passed by the Republican-dominated House and Senate that gives State-appointed Emergency Financial Managers (EFMs) historically broad and sweeping powers. These new powers allow the EFM to cancel or modify contracts (including with unions) and even to fire the municipality's government.

Today, for the first time, an EFM did just that. According to a press release from the Michigan AFL-CIO, Joseph L. Harris, EFM for Benton Harbor, Michigan issued "an order prohibiting all action by all city boards, commissions, authorities and other entities, except as authorized by the emergency manager."

Here is the press release in total:

Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Takes First Step to Strip Away Rights
Joseph L. Harris issues an order prohibiting all action by all city boards, commissions, authorities and other entities, except as authorized by the emergency manager

In the wake of a bill that was signed into law with high objection from the people, as it was a bill that threatened local communities, schools, townships, and municipalities, the first order has been officially issued in Benton Harbor. Joseph L. Harris has used his emergency manager powers to exercise any power or authority of any office, employee, department, board, commission, or similar entity of the City, whether elected or appointed. In addition, the Emergency Manager has the power to supersede any officer or entity and the power to act on behalf of the city.

This is sad news for democracy in Michigan. It comes after the announcement of Robert Bobb in Detroit ordering layoff of every single public school teacher in the Detroit Public School system, says Mark Gaffney, President of Michigan AFL-CIO. With the stripping of all power of duly elected officials in Benton harbor and the attack on Detroit school teachers, we can now see the true nature of the Emergency Manager system.

This is a real life instance of taking away our fundamental rights. In fact, the only thing City Boards, Commissions, Authorities or other entities may do without the approval of an Emergency Manager is to:

1) Call a meeting to order
2) Approve of meeting minutes
3) Adjourn a meeting

Everything else is under the Emergency Managers control. These new powers are taking away the will and voice of the people by stripping away the rights of public officials elected by Michiganders. By exploiting the current crisis situation, these emergency managers are able to ascertain unreasonable rules to completely control a city. This is a true case of political over-reach, and will simply add to the hardships of an already suffering populace in Michigan.

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You're really out of the loop. Do you even know how/why Walker became County Executive of Milwaukee County?

The public employee unions stacked the government with bought-and-paid for goons and voted themselves outrageous benefits. The voters recalled close to half the board and the executive at the time was just about run out of town.

It's the same story at the state level. And it's high time we got the union out of the government.



LOL. I work in health care. I work at a company that manages claims for Badgercare. If you don't know what Badgercare is, it's socialized medicine for Wisconsin. Talk about wasted money and a joke on those weho think the government can make health care cheaper! This is all set up by the Democrats and it's your money being sucked away. Where do you think the hospitals are getting their money? I'd get a real job but I can't do much when the government is forcing the economy in this direction.

The worst of it all is many of the profits go to fat old white men out of state, the profits don't even stay here. So rant wall you want about evil corporations, taxpayers would be better off withoiut union goons controlling the government and the government in general running business.

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