Wisconsin's Walker vows no compromise on unions

[Hannah Bell]

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker vowed on Thursday never to compromise on the core of his plan to curb the power of public sector unions and said investors should buy the state's bonds precisely because he was taking a tough stance.

In an interview with Reuters Insider exactly two weeks after state Senate Democrats fled to Illinois to stall action on Walker's proposal, he said public sector unions must be reined in to allow local governments to cut costs.

"I want to be different. I want to be unique. I want to be an innovator here and give my local governments the ability to manage their own budgets. On that part, we can't compromise," the newly elected Republican said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/04/us-wisconsin-governor-idUSTRE7230KX20110304

[leftstreet]

1. Buy my bonds!

[myrna minx]

2. Is he talking to the paintings yet?

[chollybocker]

5. lol

:thumbsup: ;)

[murielm99]

7. I guess I am not the only one who sees the parallels

between Walker and Nixon.

I keep telling my children that it took two years to get rid of Nixon after the Watergate break-ins, and Nixon's own party told him to resign.

Walker will go too far. The Koch brothers, and his own party may cut Scottie loose before this is finished.

[myrna minx]

9. Walker and his goon Fitzgerald seem to be slipping into some

alternative reality where Walker is Caesar.

[Electric Monk]

3. Well then, there's no point even trying to compromise with him at all, is there?

Sounds kinda like Gaddafi, doesn't he?

[xchrom]

4. +1

[opihimoimoi]

6. Obtuse and Rigid...traits of a DICTATOR

[Jack Rabbit]

8. "I want to be unique."

Okay, Gaddafi's one of a kind, too.