Scott Walker has done more for WI in 6 months, than any Governor has in 6 years. Let me take that back, 12 YEARS!
The latest smear is that Walker is somehow responsible for the job loss in WI. Let me straighten this out.
First the Liberal way, then the Conservative way.
Liberal way= Walker inherited the Job loss! He cant do anything about it!
Conservative way= Walker inherited Job killing policy, and he IS doing something about it.
Since day one, Scott Walker has been breaking down the Government monopoly on business and labor. WI is a very anti business pro worker state. The only problem with that is that you have to have a business to be a worker.
So how do you make it fair? Level the playing field.
Lets start with Government jobs first. Until Act 10 was signed, Big Union would come to a room and self negotiate the terms of everything related to employees. When its time to choose health care coverage, they decide how much the worker receiving the benefit pays, and how much the employer pays. Well, they decided the worker (public worker) pays 0%, and the employer (The Government/Tax Payer) pays 100%
Then they decide which company gets to offer the coverage. Guess who they picked?
THEMSELVES! I wonder if they gave themselves a good deal even though they were not paying for it.
Can you see where the craziness lies (and people call Bankers greedy). At least bankers have to earn customers.
One portion of Act 10 effectively says, "hell no, the taxpayer will not cover 100% of your medical bills. The average private worker pays around 20% so to be fair we will make you pay 12%." (That's still not fair, but its a start.)
The Public employee loses their mind! Why? because its tough being demoted from King to Prince.
Another portion of Act 10 effectively says, we wont allow the Union to Monopolize the coverage so you have to let a board open up bidding to other providers.
In some situations the board stayed with WEA Trust, however they reduced the price significantly because of a little thing called FREE MARKET COMPETITION!
What has this done for WI you ask?
Well in a very short time (within a year) Walker turned a 3 Billion dollar deficit into a 100 Million dollar surplus. RECALL!!!
We are now surpassing 1 BILLION DOLLARS in savings from this one little change. RECALL!!!
Walker has reduced property tax in WI for the first time in YEARS. RECALL!!!
The downside of all of this is that the US economy is not recovering. Obama is making sure of that by circumventing the Congress the people, elected to stop him. In addition, putting federal grant money into solar panels and other horrible investments.
WI has had over a decade of Job killing and Business unfriendly regulations and taxes.
The only thing Walker or Obama can change overnight, is how the government operates. That is what they control. What they cannot do is force businesses to open anywhere. Obama thinks he can but it doesn't work that way. If the people call for it, the business will succeed, if no one wants a product. Like a big solar panel with no ROI, or a $50 light bulb. No one will buy it.
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| Obama's garden is looking nicer than I thought |
Walker has almost finished clearing the garden (WI) of the weeds (Lib Regulation). He has fertilized the soil (Low Taxes). He needs US (Entrepreneurs) to plant the seeds (Businesses) and them to grow (Hire Workers).
