Wisconsin: A Death Knell for Public Unions

As an interested American I have been following the recent situation in Wisconsin fairly closely. How could you not? It's a test bed for cleaning up the corruption that is the public union workforce.You see the left defending unions stating that they're forces for the rights of workers, for the common man. Yet they rarely point out that these public union workers receive benefits and perks that far out weigh what we the taxpayers have in the private sector.

We the private sector taxpayers foot the bill for these public unions, we support those lucky enough to have health benefits that far exceed what we have. We support pension plans that could be converted to the same types we have at a much lower cost, I ask if a 401k is acceptable for basically all professionals in the private sector, why are these same plans, plans that represent real cost savings in a time when all Americans are starting to cut back, why are these plans not acceptable to the public sector?

Thankfully it looks Americans are waking up to the corruption that these unions foster, these added costs that we as a nation can no longer afford. In a recent Rasmussen Poll  48% of Americans sided with Governor Walker. This is a step in the right direction, America as a whole must learn that sacrifices must be made, currently the only Americans truly sacrificing are the vast majority of us in the private sector, those that pay for the public employees.

Yes, public sector employees deserve a fair wage, but no they do not have the right to beggar a state through strong arm tactics to achieve a wage and benefit package that far outweighs what a similarly educated individual would receive in the private sector. That's what this is about, the disparity and the unfair expectations that the public sector has in these dire economic times.

I urge you to support Governor Walker, email him, let him know that you support his cause, which in the end is really our cause, protecting ourselves from the self interest of the unions that would see our taxes rise to pay for benefits and wages that would be unrealistic outside of the public sector.

Scott Walker can be emailed at: govgeneral@wisconsin.gov



Make sure to let your voices be heard in these times.