Shame

The Republicans are wrong on so many levels it staggers the imagination. Public employees making on average ~$50,000 a year are accused of being fat cats. Wall Street drove the economy into the ground and not a single person has been prosecuted. The Bush tax cuts have been in effect for over ten years and deregulation is the Republican gospel. If this is such powerful medicine for the economy, where are the jobs? Robert Reich is right; tax the rich. The more you make the higher your tax rate should be. The rich will still be rich and everyone will benefit.

The moves in several states to eliminate collective bargaining rights have nothing to do with economics and everything to do with politics and 2012. They want to eliminate the political clout of unions and take the Senate and the country.

Scott Walker in the fake call with "David Koch" said that he would agree to meet with the Democratic Senators who left the state to prevent a vote on the union-busting bill. Talking implies good faith communication. In this unguarded conversation he said the only purpose for the meeting would be to get the Senators to come back from Illinois so the state senate could vote and pass his bill unchanged. No negotiation, no compromise, no real talk, just the power of the majority to have its way.

Early in the wee hours of this morning the Wisconsin state house Republicans called a vote and passed the legislation without even enough time for all the Democrats to vote and then left the chamber.