Democratic Strategy in Wisconsin
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 21st, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Democratic Strategy in Wisconsin
Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post
Final passage of Gov. Scott Walker's (R-Wis.) controversial proposal to strip away collective bargaining rights from public employees is currently stalled, thanks to Senate Democrats who left the state in order to prevent their GOP colleagues from reaching a quorum needed to move forward.But many remained worried that once they come back, Republicans will push through the legislation anyway. Democrats, however, haven't given up yet and say they have a two-pronged strategy for moving forward.
Who Rules America? The AARP
Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
WASHINGTON — The great question haunting Washington's budget debate is whether our elected politicians will take back government from the AARP, the 40 million-member organization that represents retirees and near-retirees. For all the partisan bluster surrounding last week's release of President Obama's proposed 2012 budget, it reflects a long-standing bipartisan consensus not to threaten seniors. Programs for the elderly, mainly Social Security and Medicare, are left untouched. With an aging population, putting so much spending off-limits inevitably means raising taxes,…
This is Much Bigger Than Wisconsin
Andy Stern, The Daily Beast
by Andy Stern Info Andy Stern is a senior fellow at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute and a former president of the Service International Employees Union.Gov. Scott Walker's fight with the unions isn't a simple Wisconsin issue, but a 15-state Republican campaign to strip workers of their rights, says former Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern.”You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel, Mr. Obama's new chief of staff, told a Wall Street Journal conference of top corporate…
