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midnight

(26,624 posts)
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 07:24 AM Mar 2013

Act 10 - reason Wisconsin is doing so poorly- Job creation went from being no. 11 in country to 44.

"The only question is, 'Why are we doing so poorly?' " said Jack Norman, former research director of the left-leaning Institute for Wisconsin's Future. "The plunge in job growth, compared with other states, coincides exactly with Scott Walker's time in office. This is no mere coincidence. . . . Act 10 led to large cuts in public workers' take-home pay, which was a blow to the state's economy."
Gosh, now who'd have thunk that? Oh, wait, that's what we've been saying all along. You take millions of dollars out of circulation and ensconce it in the bank accounts of a few already very rich people, and this is what is going to happen.


Sadly, the Democrats have continued to turn their back on Labor and not one response thus far has even mentioned Act 10, much less pointed out how that law has led to our economic woes and will have to be permanently revoked before the economy can be kick started again.

Talk about blown opportunities.

Until they recognize the facts before their face and realize the importance of raising up the working class instead of just offering more corporate welfare, they will not be able to win and they will not be able to change the economy around.

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-walker-agenda-is-imploding-er-still.html

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Act 10 - reason Wisconsin is doing so poorly- Job creation went from being no. 11 in country to 44. (Original Post) midnight Mar 2013 OP
So, who will be your Newest Reality Mar 2013 #1
God help me. I'll be Bloomberg's property. At least there won't be guns. Or Big Gulps. Squinch Mar 2013 #2
Hard to say.... There has been little discussion about that... midnight Mar 2013 #3

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
1. So, who will be your
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 08:03 AM
Mar 2013

Lord in the New Fiefdom, already under construction, fellow Serfs and Serfs to be?

The Koch Kings and their mighty sword of ALEC are part of a revolution in progress.

Once the middle-class is largely drained economically, then it will just be a matter of skirmishes over who gets to be the mega-CEO amongst the wealthy Lords of the land.

What a nice legacy to leave our progeny in lieu of the extreme measures necessary to forestall this transition.

If you want to know more about how that turns out, talk to the poor and disenfranchised. You will learn much and why not obtain valuable pointers on how to make it in the Lord's world? After all being owned is not a new phenomena; it is only our expectations that fed us the delusions necessary to work so hard to create the foundation for a functioning Fiefdom.

Let the games begin!

midnight

(26,624 posts)
3. Hard to say.... There has been little discussion about that...
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 09:26 AM
Mar 2013

There has been concern over how the Wisconsin Dem. spokesperson flipped his wig over this and lost his job... Because to be honest one can't compare these people to criminals that kill... It sounds unprofessional, and the crafters of the message need to be polished and clear...

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