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|  | The Events in Wisconsin
« Thread Started on Feb 18, 2011, 2:52pm » | |
So as most of you hopefully know, the newly elected Republican governer of Wisconsin is currently attempting to force a bill through the state legislature that will effectively make it illegal for workers in the state to have collective bargaining rights (among other assinine things).
He is doing this under the claim that there is going to be around a $150 million deficit in the budget, which there will be but this deficit was caused DIRECTLY by tax cuts and incentives he enacted immediately after election. Before he passed those, the state was looking to end the fiscal year with a fucking surplus.
Naturally, the workers of the state are going insane. If passed, over 175,000 people will lose their right to collectively bargain for their rights as employees. Tens of thousands have descended upon the capitol building and its quite a scene there, with people blocking the doors in the rotunda beating on drums, yelling and chanting, and some guy was even riding around on a Segway for some reason.
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Either yesterday or the day before, the 13 or 14 democrats in the 33-person legislature fled the capitol and even the state in an effort to keep the measure from going to vote (which will surely pass given the Republican majority) in hopes of forcing a logical and intelligent dialouge regarding the bill.
Has anybody else noticed this recurring theme with the GOP? They all got elected claiming to be FISCAL CONSERVATIVES who were going to TAKE BACK AMERICA and get the budget under control, only to have them pass measure that greatly inflate the deficit (ie: Boehner and that fucking jet engine project that costs $3 billion, the Bush-era tax cuts which will increase the deficit by at least a trillion by 2020, etc etc). They then incite a great panic about the budget and use that political inertia to slash social programs and, as in Wisconsin, pass the burden onto the working class by denying them basic, fundamental rights to not be dicked over by their employer.
Heres a good article: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/....ker-rights .php
Also; sorry if politics are allowed to be discussed here, I know it can get ugly sometimes but this is just fucking enraging to me. Its painful to watch the GOP's largest consituent base constantly get fucked over by the people they elect and ravenously defend.
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Mar 5, 2013, 1:11am, jasonburrito wrote:| NO REAL NAMES Dr. GarbanzoINSKI |
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #1 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:00pm » | |
you should have just called this 'the Politics Thread' or 'The Evil Republicans Thread' - cuz that's what it's surely going to become in here....
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Jan 26, 2013, 4:09pm, wonk wrote:| No rock band wants to play in front of a bunch of people standing still, except the National. |
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #2 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:02pm » | |
Its not like the Democrats really do any better, but the GOP is the political identity spearheading the attack against the working class and has been for decades.
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Mar 5, 2013, 1:11am, jasonburrito wrote:| NO REAL NAMES Dr. GarbanzoINSKI |
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #3 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:04pm » | |
bottom line: politics suck. doesn't matter which party you support - people are gonna get screwed.
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Jan 26, 2013, 4:09pm, wonk wrote:| No rock band wants to play in front of a bunch of people standing still, except the National. |
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #4 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:12pm » | |
I agree, Dr. Garbanzo, disenfranchising so many human beings with one stroke is fabulously horrible. I don't know all the details and so can't comment to much extent.
I've typically avoided talking politics around here because I find that I usually start liking people less when their politics surface. Not that it isn't an important discussion, but I think my views would make some people upset as well.
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #5 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:14pm » | |
Feb 18, 2011, 3:12pm, DREW OF THE RUSHES wrote:| I've typically avoided talking politics around here because I find that I usually start liking people less when their politics surface. |
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Most accurate post of all-time!
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Jan 26, 2013, 4:09pm, wonk wrote:| No rock band wants to play in front of a bunch of people standing still, except the National. |
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #6 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:14pm » | |
I can't talk about politics regarding republicans today that doesn't have to do with them just passing a bill in the house to defund Planned Parenthood.
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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« Reply #7 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:15pm » | |
Ha! Even when I agree I just find it annoying. When I hear myself talking intensely about politics, I throw up in my mouth like Jude Law in I Heart Huckabees.
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« Reply #8 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:16pm » | |
She said fuckabees!
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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|  | The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #9 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:18pm via the ProBoards Mobile App » | |
What George Carlin said.
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Mar 3, 2013, 6:13pm, Dr. Garbanzo wrote:| Its a Sasquatch Dr. Garbanzohting a bear Dr. Garbanzohting a Sasquatch. |
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« Reply #10 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:19pm » | |
What a great movie. I was taking a course in existentialism when I first saw it.
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| | Re: The Events in Wisconsin
« Reply #12 on Feb 18, 2011, 3:33pm » | |
ATTN: emptyfox and know
Moderating this thread is hereby your responsibility because, no offense beloved posters, but the last thing I want to read is anything you have to say about politics.
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