Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was all over morning TV today, stubbornly insisting that the only way to balance the budget in Dairyland is to bust public employee unions by making collective bargaining illegal.
Repeatedly, Walker was asked about compromises. What if state employees agreed, on a temporary basis, to make the wage and benefit concessions you want but still retain their long-term rights to collective bargaining? If these concessions actually help, you could ask them to do it again next year. Would you agree to something like that?
Repeatedly, Scotty said no. That's just a short-run band-aid. Collective bargaining agreements are the problem and what Wisconsin needs is the Final Solution -- er, no that was Hitler -- a permanent solution.
Jawohl, mein Fuhrer -- Arbeit Macht Frei.
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