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Name: The Republican Party
Age: 157
Occupation: right-winged jerks
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: creating chaos
Age: 157
Occupation: right-winged jerks
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: creating chaos
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I remember that scene in Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story where people in France protested over taking away a day off and Moore asked why us Americans can't do the same.
Well, it took a riot in Egypt to transpire over to the great state of Wisconsin, but we're doing it now.
Last week, newly-elected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) announced a bill that would remove benefits from state employees. The bill would remove collective bargaining and force them to contribute more towards health insurance and their pensions. Part of it is due to a $3.6 billion deficit the state has. End result: strike.
Over 100,000 people have stormed the state capitol of Madison to protest Walker's proposed legislation, and the 14 members of the Democratic senate have fled to Illinois to prevent a vote from occurring. On Monday, the city's schools are expected to stay closed due to the striking.
Even worse, the media is also paying attention to the fact that the Tea Party Express has arrived in Madison, and its lead spokesman, Joe the Plumber even told the people that people need to work hard for their money and not cry over it. Needless to say, the city doesn't need more BS from a group who feels that the middle class in America is in the same boat as a crackhead on a seedy street corner.
Sadly, Walker isn't the only governor whose state is in financial hot water. Our beloved governor, Rick Snyder (R) is also proposing making some changes to the state's union laws that would take more money away from workers and use that to fix the state's $8 billion deficit.
Ah, yes, let's attack the unions. You know, the people who have pushed to prevent people from being overworked and underpaid, weekends off, holidays off and so on? Back in the olden days, rich folks had to pay 90% of their income while the working class paid less. Now, in too many cases, it's the other way around.
So, when states like Michigan and Wisconsin have budget shortfalls, guess whose pocketbooks they go after? The people who teach our kids, pave our roads, nurse the elderly and so on, and not the people who find ways to cut back on staff, send jobs overseas and don't give their employees raises in 10 years while giving them excuses. Yep, that's it.
Didn't I read somewhere that the richest people in Germany wanted higher taxes back in 2009? What about us Americans? Why can't people like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett plunk down 90% of their incomes to help keep the economy moving and growing? Instead, they treat money like it's theirs and only theirs while the average American contemplates paying either the electric bill or the heating bill this month.
But, that's what people get for not voting. Scott Walker only won the governorship of Wisconsin by only 120,000 votes while Snyder won by 600,000. I voted Democrat this past election because as a citizen of the United States, I want to help President Obama fix the mess left-over by not just Bush, but his dad, Reagan and other people whose visions aren't up to par like FDR's.
And as long as the Republicans run the house and the governorships of several states, it ain't happening.
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