The Republican majority in the state senate of Wisconsin finally pulled together their collective courage and took care of some long overdue business today. This while fourteen Democratic senators weren’t taking care of the jobs they were elected to perform; in fact they were residing beyond the Wisconsin state border in neighboring Illinois in what was nothing but a contemptuous grandstanding maneuver designed to win the approval of their union bosses. After almost three weeks of absence, all in an effort to thwart Wisconsin’s senate from voting on their Republican Governor’s “Budget Repair” bill that addresses Wisconsin’s growing mountain of red ink, the senate Republicans separated out the portion of the bill that would strip the state government employees' of their collective bargaining rights and voted on it. That portion of the legislation didn’t concern state spending and consequently didn’t require a quorum for a vote. The anti-state employee union bill was passed on an 18-1 vote.
The "Wisconsin Fourteen"
The Democrat’s move was simply their means of delaying the inevitable. Now that the union backed liberal’s worst fears have been realized it’s time for the good people of Wisconsin to batten down the hatches and hunker down while they are served an overwhelming helping of Liberal vitriol.
This is a test of will and I’m happy to say that reality has set in, at least in Wisconsin. Next up, what do the state elected officials in California, New York, Illinois, and on and on, plan to do about their states' debt crises?
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