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发帖数: 29846 | 1 First, Walker hasn’t “outlowed” unions, or even proposed outlawing them,
either. Walker’s proposal would restrict negotiations with non-law-
enforcement unions to wages only, and would require recertification votes
each year. It would also make Wisconsin a right-to-work state, ending
automatic deduction of union dues from paychecks and instead make them
voluntary. That may put unions in a tough position to justify their
continued representation, but it hardly outlaws the unions.
Besides, even if it did, it’s a fallacious argument. Hitler was also a
vegetarian who owned a dog. Are all vegetarians Nazis? All dog owners?
The Nazis aren’t history’s great villains because Hitler opposed public-
sector unions. To equate that with Naziism isn’t just reprehensible, it’s
downright ignorant and minimizes the actual horrors of Naziism.
What do you get when you cross Hosni Mubarak and Adolf Hitler? One ugly
baby, that’s for sure, but not Scott Walker. Again, this appears to be a
recurring theme in this teachers’ protest. (Also, it looks like anti-
smoking efforts have been for naught in the classroom.)
But while we’re noticing just how poorly Wisconsin teachers do at history,
it looks as though some of them might have problems with the present:
“Impeach Bush”? Maybe it’s a leftover sign from a few years ago. The
Anchoress points out another sign at a different locale which reads “I AM
THE FUTURE – I NEEN QUALITY TEACHERS.” From what we’ve seen of these
protests, the entire state of Wisconsin is in need of quality teachers, and
it looks like the union is the biggest impediment to getting them.
Meanwhile, Democrats in the Wisconsin Senate have gone AWOL in an attempt to
avoid casting a vote on the bill:
A three-day-long stand-off at the Wisconsin state capitol between union
supporters and those backing the Republican governor’s budget cuts just
went to another level Thursday as Democratic senators apparently fled the
state to prevent a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill, which
would cut public employee union collective bargaining rights and require
them to contribute to pensions and health care.
Law enforcement has been sent to find missing Democratic lawmakers,
according to a Madison, Wis. ABC affiliate. State Sen. leader Scott
Fitzgerald said only one Democrat is needed for quorum to vote on the
controversial bill, which is expected to pass a Republican-majority Senate.
The “Sergeant of Arms is going door to door to find Democratic senators.”
The budget-repair bill passed a finance committee 12-4 late last night,
its last hurdle before a Senate vote, on party lines convincing Senate
Democrats that moderate Republicans would not deliver them an upset victory
over the Gov. Scott Walker.
They have to come home eventually, and they can’t avoid their
responsibilities forever. |
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