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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:22 PM
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Decoder rings, get them... more on how the enemy thinks
Revolting Wisconsin

While Wisconsin teachers throwing their own Greek styled socialist hissy fit is both telling and troubling, it also serves as a microcosm of various economic challenges, political battles and societal shifts all taking place simultaneously.

What to say about those lovable teachers and union drones protesting in Wisconsin? I must admit, I consider it bizarre that people believe they have a right to a pension and benefits to begin with, or even a job for that matter. Stranger still, the striking teachers in Wisconsin seem to believe that they have the right to extract it from tax-payers, regardless of whether or not the state has enough money to go around.

But the teachers’ egregious behavior went beyond refusing to show-up for work. Some took it upon themselves to infect young impressionable minds with their destructive (progressive) attitudes, dragging students along to their protests.

About now, I’m trying to imagine the position of the average hard working middle-class family in Wisconsin who just voted some grown-ups into office to instill some necessary fiscal discipline into state matters. Working in the private-sector, they probably pay twice as much as state workers do for benefits and receive less.

http://thegraph.com/2011/02/revolting-wisconsin/

Look this is critical to understand. To these people these rights, these hard earned rights, are a threat to them. They also think that collective bargaining is COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM and FASCISM all the same time.

Tsk, tsk, teachers did not teach these guys the difference? I am sure they did, but the propaganda is hard. Also realize that to these people a 50K salary is too much for them. Teachers should be happy to teach for minimum wage... oh wait, we don't want a minimum wage or taxes. This is what we are dealing with.

And yes. WE are the enemy... so time to refer to them the same way, because they are.
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:27 PM
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1. I know there are people who think like that
but it's always shocking to see it expressed so blatantly.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:30 PM
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2. They have been posting this all over the web now
not just in super secret places like heritage.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:36 PM
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4. Good, great, wonderful.
That stuff reads like some of the political satire I used to write. I'm glad Bob Boudelang found another job after he left us.

The more the general public sees of this and comes to undersrtand how they really think, the more people will become alienated from these nutcases.

Woo-Woo
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:40 PM
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5. And our side needs to understand, they mean it
this is war.
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 07:21 PM
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7. I know that.
But no matter how many times I see it I can never get over being shocked by selfish narrow-minded stuff like that.
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:35 PM
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3. They are the modern-day Benedict Arnolds of their working-class colleagues.
I must admit, I consider it bizarre that people believe they have a right to a pension and benefits to begin with, or even a job for that matter. Stranger still, the striking teachers in Wisconsin seem to believe that they have the right to extract it from tax-payers, regardless of whether or not the state has enough money to go around.


How ignorant can a person be?

Public officials have always been paid with tax dollars; why is it an issue now?

If there's not enough money to go around, why did the governor give tax breaks to corporations who donated money to his campaign?

If these Benedict Arnolds enjoy a 5-day work week, with weekends & holidays off, thank union members.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 05:47 PM
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6. It's an issue now because they won nearly every other battle they've joined so...
...this is the next step. The war of the elites
against "just plain folks" goes on...

Tesha
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