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Date Posted: 09:19:11 03/15/11 Tue
Author: Paul Davis
Subject: I do believe
In reply to: MaryAnne 's message, "Re: A short comment on the mess in Wisconsin" on 13:12:28 03/03/11 Thu

These guys have become so insular, they believe the public will approve their actions and catapult them to the top of the heap forever.

Really, they've had at least two chances, or three if you count repealing those tax cuts, to balance the Wisconsin budget. They've flat turned them down, determined to destroy the unions at all costs.

This is dramatic overreach, and will cost them dearly.

>In Ohio they added in the homosexual bit. No matter
>what happens in Ohio it will be put on the
>ballot.Republicans had to throw 2 members off the
>committee to get enough votes to pass.2 Republicans
>who were not going along. This is getting quite nasty
>and I have yet to hear one person admit they voted for
>Kasich. All are furious.
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>A recall petition has already gone out on 8 Senatorsin
>Wisconsin, and now the Senate just voted to arrest the
>Democrats in the Senate. There is already a law
>prohibiting any Law maker from being arrested.
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>My question is,"If they do not have a quorum how can
>the Senate pass a vote?"
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>We have passed the Banana Republic stage.
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>>Incredible. I havent looked at the bill but now Im
>>interested in what is really in it.
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>>>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.
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>>>What nasty bits? Glad you asked.
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>>>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.
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>>>They really should have named it the "dictator for
>>>life" bill.

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