Paul Fanlund: Neither big nor bold, Scott Walker’s budget is sneaky, self-serving
Walker's fans are spouting vile vomit in the comment sections of this article and other articles that are critical of his budget.
Paul Fanlund: Neither big nor bold, Scott Walker’s budget is sneaky, self-serving
19 hours ago • By Paul Fanlund | The Capital Times
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....Republican Gov. Scott Walker, the instigator, believes he’s brimming with bold and fresh ideas, but his preeminent idea seems to be turning from his prime first-term villain — public K-12 education — to a second-term one — our public university system.
As much as Walker jauntily yearns to go big, his proposed budget is filled with provisions that are small and conniving.
Walker’s central organizing principle is to permanently cripple Wisconsin government at every level and to undermine public education by manufacturing a budget crisis despite an improving economy. Simultaneously, he is burdening future leaders with unknowable financial crises once Walker is done exploiting the state to bolster his tea party credibility.
In marketing terms, that is what you might call his “brand promise,” one that resonates with his far-right confidants, funders and, presumably, GOP presidential caucus-goers in Iowa.
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X-posted from LBN--same headline.
Gov. Walker, eyeing a 2016 bid, picks new fight in Wisconsin: Universities
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Jeff Steele holds a sign criticizing Gov. Scott Walker at a “Stop the Cuts-Save UW” protest Saturday in frigid weather in Madison, Wis. (Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
By Robert Samuels February 16 at 8:58 PM
MADISON, Wis......
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gov-scott-walker-eyeing-2016-bid-picks-fight-with-wisconsin-universities/2015/02/16/e84fd5be-b3c1-11e4-886b-c22184f27c35_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop
..........University administrators have been blunt in their criticism of the governor, while other advocates have sought to build grass-roots opposition to the plan.
In a public meeting last week with hundreds of faculty members, students and staffers, Blank, the UW-Madison chancellor, said the cuts would undoubtedly lead to higher tuition for out-of-state students.
“There will surely be layoffs,” she said as some audience members groaned. “These cuts are too big too handle. They’re too big for the university and too big for the state.”
In rural communities, an e-mail chain initiated by the state’s teachers union encourages residents to put green lights outside their homes to show their support for the university. On Saturday, more than 300 students protested in single-digit temperatures. One person held a sign referring to the school’s mascot that read: “The Wisconsin Badger is an Endangered Species.”...............
