Scott Walker Wants To Run The Country. Here Is How He Ran Wisconsin.

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Scott Walker Wants To Run The Country. Here Is How He Ran Wisconsin.

by Alice Ollstein at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/07/13/3614885/scott-walker-wants-run-country-ran-wisconsin/

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With the wealthy and powerful Koch brothers behind him and a contentious state budget out of the way, Wisconsin’s polarizing Gov. Scott Walker will announce Monday evening what many have long suspected: that he will seek the Republican nomination for President in 2016.

Much of Walker’s appeal to conservatives lies in his record of enacting far-right policies as the governor of a historically progressive, working class swing state. Riding over more than a century of strong labor history, he passed laws in 2011 stripping away collective bargaining rights from public sector unions, triggering a weeks-long occupation of the state capitol by tens of thousands of protesters. Then, earlier this year, he signed a so-called “right to work” law that will further cripple workplace organizing in the Badger State.

At a time when both conservative and progressive states across the country have embraced a boost in their minimum wages, Walker has not only refused to consider a raise for Wisconsin’s workers, he questioned whether there should be wage protections at all. Other worker protections have also been eliminated, including the right to one day off per week.

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But several studies have shown that the governor’s economic agenda — slashing property and corporate taxes, restricting collective bargaining and keeping wages low — has left the state in a precarious position. Data from the Pew Charitable Trusts predicts that Wisconsin will end this fiscal year with less money in reserve than any other state in the country. Walker’s 2011 tax cuts, which largely benefited wealthy landowners and factory owners, will cost the state at least $275 million in additional lost tax revenue over the next two years — twice as much as originally predicted.


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[HassleCat]

1. Don't make me stop this car!

You darn kids settle down back there! You think just because I'm driving you can get away with anything. I will turn this car around, and we will go home, and there will be no TV or internet.

Seriously, I was born and raised in Wisconsin. Don't make me come back there and hurt you. Fix this Walker crap.

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2. a divider.

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3. I know there's some good Dems there. What happened?

Are they really out-voted by psycho-baggers? Are there any moderate republicans or Indies that might finally see the light, and help put a stop to the madness?

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4. Into the ground.

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5. Bonsoir Cha.

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6. Buenas Noches~ apple~