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Date Posted: 05:37:21 03/01/11 Tue
Author: Paul Davis
Subject: Re: A short comment on the mess in Wisconsin
In reply to: Jeffman 's message, "Re: A short comment on the mess in Wisconsin" on 07:07:00 02/28/11 Mon

It's pretty raw. To add to the craziness, the budget crisis is caused by tax cuts he demanded.

And yeah, the bill mentions specifically power plants but let a lawyer get hold of it and that power will grow like a weed. What about land attached to power plants, land suitable for power plants, buildings that ever held any associated office, etc. What does associated MEAN in this context. Yeah.

>Incredible. I havent looked at the bill but now Im
>interested in what is really in it.
>
>>Frankly, I think they put all the anti collective
>>bargaining stuff in that bill to hide the actual nasty
>>bits. The people who created this bill knew they'd
>>never get a straight "we want this" bill, so they
>>stuffed it full of stuff people would scream about to
>>hide the nasty bits.
>>
>>What nasty bits? Glad you asked.
>>
>>That bill would LITERALLY allow the sitting governor
>>of the state of Wisconsin to sell any public property
>>at any price he sets without consent of the
>>legislature or public hearings. Look it up. This
>>includes any power plants, buildings, etc. as HE AND
>>HE ALONE deems fit at the PRICE he deems fit.
>>
>>They really should have named it the "dictator for
>>life" bill.

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Re: A short comment on the mess in Wisconsin -- MaryAnne, 13:12:28 03/03/11 Thu

I do believe -- Paul Davis, 09:19:11 03/15/11 Tue