Unlike in Wisconsin, where the unions lost control – in Ohio, the unions won! Yay, unions, right? Well, the state had to fire workers:
Union Bosses Win, Ohio Workers Get Fired (biggovernment.com)
And that’s what could have happened in Wisconsin except Governor Walker and other Republicans thought it would be better to save jobs. Oh, and the union workers here in Wisconsin are mad about that. Yeah, they’re mad. They want to recall the Governor because they kept their jobs.
Insane, I know.
Ohio pink slips. Wisconsin pay checks.
Madison, WI is famous for bumper stickers. If you’re not from around here, you would definitely be shocked to see all the cars with left-wing bumper stickers on them. They try to force their messages on you as you’re sitting at stops lights. It’s actually nice to get out of Madison once in a while and see that it’s really not like this anywhere else.
Anyway, I have underground parking at my condo and the minivan next to mine (my upstairs neighbor who doesn’t understand that I can hear their stomping all the time) has a bumper sticker that says, “Recall Walker and Save Union Jobs!” What? That makes no sense. It’s actually the opposite, lady. The unions are apparently printing these things up and twisting the message around or something. If it said, “Re-Elect Walker and Save Union Jobs!” then it would actually make sense. I just don’t get it. The facts are facts. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid and do what you’re told – think for yourself a minute – just a minute, please.
My favorite anti-recall sign I’ve seen so far is “Recall the Governor? Really? Then What?” because it says it all. It’s like people haven’t thought this through.
Another thing that’s happening with these recall petitions is that I don’t know if people know that their name is going to be on file / on public record with these petitions. That’s right, anyone has the right to get a copy of those petitions (download a PDF maybe). There will also be a database made of all the people that signed those petitions with their addresses. It’ll be public record. You’re putting that info out there. Get ready to get all kinds of junk mail and know that you’ll be more vulnerable to identity theft. That’s what you’re giving up – just in case you didn’t know!
Will they get their 500k or whatever signatures to force a recall? Sure, I think so. Will there be lots of drama? Definitely! The pro-Walker camp is gathering an army to go through all the petitions and look for duplicate signature or bogus signatures. The GAB (Government Accountability Board) will be spending millions and millions of dollars on their work for this but what they will not do is do this verification. Batteries not included, I guess. That means the recall people would probably need to get more like 600k to 750k signature if they want to be on the safe side. If they don’t gather enough signature, then sorry – no recall. So it’ll be interesting for sure.
And then if that’s not enough, there seems to be a never ending cycle starting. It’s a never ending cycle of recalls and elections in Wisconsin. The Left won’t be satisfied until they have done everything they can to get their way. The sad part is, well there are two sad things… first, all these elections is going to wear WI voters out but they’re probably counting on that.
Second, outside of Madison and Dane County, they are the clear minority. They’re trying to spread their bumper sticker type message across the state. That’s just not going to fly. The rest of the state will not put up with that. They will have enough at some point – and that will be soon. Just like how Madison thinks it can rule Dane County, they also think they can rule the state. Like I said, that simply won’t fly. Either that means that this whole thing will just drag on longer and longer or else, I don’t know what. It seems like the Left won’t quit. Honestly, I don’t think they will.
To wrap up, my only hope here is that the correct message gets out. There are commercials about how school districts have been saved by the legislation (anti-union) that was put through earlier this year. There needs to be more of that. People testifying in those ads are getting verbally attacked and abused for speaking up – yeah, that’s how these unions treat their own workers.
Again, it’s only a hope that people hear the right message. I’ve come to the conclusion that there are just some people who are wired differently than I am and they won’t change their mind. Their emotion overrides logic and facts so heavily that it’s just not possible for them to see things how they really are. Preaching to them is completely useless. I have a friend like this and there’s no changing his mind. The typical argument with any strong Lefty is you ask them a question and they completely change the subject – so, you can’t even reason with them. Debate is pointless if they’re at such a low level of reasoning. We all know the type.
There are, however, people in the middle. The wishy-washy middle. I met some of them at a social gathering at my condo. They say things like, “I don’t like to vote by party, I just vote on the issues.” They are the ones tuned into NBC News at night where they get just the sound bites and they don’t bother to dig into things to make up their own mind. They’re drones, basically, but they don’t even know it. It’s sad but it is what it is. Since the far Left can’t be won, these are the ones to go after. Keep hitting them with these “school teacher jobs saved” messages and you will get through to some of them. It’ll take repetition – kind of like Pavlov’s dog. They need to be deprogrammed from all the bumper stickers they’ve seen.
I was going to wrap this up but one more point…
I work in the private sector. I own my own company. Since the end of 2008, things have been rough. We’ve made adjustments and are doing fine but I missed a number of paychecks. When you own your own company, that’s what happens. Who do I have to complain to? Where can I protest? I can’t. What these unions have aren’t “collective bargaining rights” – they are not rights but a privilege that they got in 1959 through legislation and then it was taken back by legislation. Labor laws pre-date collective bargaining and those are still in tact – totally (so shut up about that).
But the economy took a downturn. People lost jobs. That’s less revenue in tax collection by states. We’re all getting hit with this and that means the public sector finally, too. Unlike Washington, D.C., Wisconsin and other states cannot print money (a whole other topic). They have to make due with that they have. That means the state workers need to take a small cut and actually pay a few percentage points more into their lovely pensions. Sure, I know there are some sob stories out there but, if you really look at them, these state workers have their jobs. They really shouldn’t be complaining. That comes off as whining to all of us in the private sector and there are more of us than you. I just want you to know how it looks because your unions don’t feed you this info. I really don’t think the rest of the state is going to put up with that whining for much longer. That’s not America. Americans turn lemons into lemonade. We roll up our sleeves and get the job done. That’s your “Joe Six Pack” out there if you realize it or not. Whining and complaining while so many others are out of work is going to be a very tough sell – good luck with that.
-TC
That spray paint you’re using to vandalize a bank was probably made in part by a bank – by capitalism. These people are such hypocrites. Utterly foolish. It’s time to take a good look at what they’re doing and call it for what it is and make them own it. This is their mess. Obama has applauded their efforts, so he owns it, too. These people enjoy all the benefits of capitalism yet want it ended. That makes no sense.