Wisconsin Governor Signs Bargaining Bill, but Wider Political War Looming

So does this mean the collective bargaining powers of the Chamber of Commerce will be outlawed too? Because let us not obscure the fact that the chamber of commerce is just that- a union of the rich and ambitious; the largest, most well-funded lobbyists. They are directly opposed to the interests of those whose work is not necessarily fueled by greed but by a drive to help: teachers are a prime example. As compassion is not a quantifiable economic commodity, it holds no truck with hard-nosed capitalists. It does not compute. Although not averse to accepting charity themselves (ahem, Goldman Sachs, paid-up member of COC) they actively seek to dismantle the humanitarian professions. The Chamber of Commerce has become a misanthropic behemoth no longer connected to humanity and must be brought to its senses.

In reference to comments about the 14 democrats that left WI here is my view. The bill submitted by the republicans was going to be rushed thru without debate. The 14 senators left which is what they needed to do to represent the people who elected them. As the last 3 weeks have shown there was much more to the bill than just the increase in cost of benefits to the employees. By denying a quoram the senators gave their constituants the debate they deserved. They did exactly what they were elected to do.

Walker has won the battle but the Democrats are now determined to recall some Republicans so they can reverse Walkers bill , I say recall those Democrats who ran away and and refused to debate the issue because they knew what the outcome would be . They violated there oaths of office therefore they are not the heros that the left have made them out to be . In two years time the budget will be fixed and then the people of Wisconsin would become masters of theIr own house not the Unions , And the stranglehold of state employee's pensions would have been broken once and for all . Walker has started the ball rolling back in favor for the taxpayer not the Unions and for this he is being made out to be the bad guy

Those of you who are hating on unions and public employees must really love the multi-millionaires and billionaires who take corporate welfare, bailouts and still get humongous salaries and bonuses. Teachers and police and firefighters work hard for a living and deserve what they get, which isn't really that much, it just seems like a lot to people who are on minimum wage or barely scraping by. So the mega-rich convince the poor that the problem is the "rich" teacher or "fat cat" firefighter next door. Study your history, talk to some elderly people who lived it, and you will see that without unions and fair taxes there would be no middle-class. We're well on our way back down to that again. If the corporations and their Republican errand-boys can destroy the public employee unions, next they will finish off what is left of the private unions, and soon there will be no one at all with the organized voice it takes to counter the powerful corporate interests. We need a lot more Union members, not fewer, to fight for working people and reverse the incredible gulf of inequality that started in the 80s.

Stay out of Wisconsin this summer,spend your money in Michigan or Minnesota.

Unions donate to democrats, democrats did away with right to work, gave unions contracts and benifit packages. Is this quid pro quo with the tax payers money. If this happened outside the government people would be arrested.

Union member for 35 yrs. forced to pay into union funded pension fund. Lost 2-yes two pensions.

Taxpayers pay for union gov workers. Then union bosses contribute taxpayer money to political partys. This is very sad.

Never should be unions in government. Private yes.

The dems can run and hide but the troopers march on.