The next few days are going to be even more revealing in Wisconsin. Gov. Walker has achieved his tear-filled dream of stripping the citizens of his state of their First Amendment rights (peaceful assembly and petition to address grievances). I'm sure freedom of the press will be going into the crapper soon.
We'll then find out why it was so important for the citizens to be deprived of their collective bargaining rights: Walker will cut all state employee pay (except his own) across the board. Naturally state employees will rally to protest, whereupon Walker--emotionally chocked with gratitude--will then fire all protesting state employees. Be sure he will single out teachers for the hardest blows of the axe--for some reason he really hates teachers.
With the (illegal) firing of his state employees, Wlaker will then make up the $140 million budget shortfall he created by funneling money to his cronies.
Conservatives have stressed in their political campaigns that local governments need to be run just like a business, a corporation. And Walker is running his state just like a CEO would. At the end of the quarter, make up for budget shortfalls by laying off employees and reducing employee benefits.
And in a corporation CEO's only have to answer to their investors, not to their customers, nor to their employees. But unlike a corporate CEO, governors are subject to recall.
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