Wisconsin moves on without Democrat fleebaggers

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Washington Post:

Senate Republicans abruptly passed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to sharply curtail collective-bargaining rights for public employees Wednesday night, using a legislative maneuver to approve the measure without 14 Democratic senators who fled the state in an effort to block it.

After stripping the bill of fiscal measures that require a 20-member quorum for action, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed the collective-bargaining measure. Analysts say the legislation would cripple most of the state's public employee unions.

On Thursday, the slimmed-down bill is expected to go to the GOP-run state Assembly, which has already passed another version of it.

The standoff in Wisconsin has gone on for three weeks, thrusting public employee unions into a deep crisis. States are grappling with record budget deficits, which some governors have tried to close by trimming what they call the generous benefits public employees receive.

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I think any fair minded person would call the benefits in Wisconsin more than generous. They greatly exceed what those in the private sector in the state get and they are paying the taxes that provide those benefits.

I think the Republican's biggest mistake in Wisconsin is letting this situation drag on so long. It allowed the union thugs to organize opposition that went national.
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