I remember that, but I can defend that as being in the interest of Wisconsin taxpayers. That's not my actual view of course, but if you truly believe that public-sector unions are causing budgetary damage and that it's the principled, correct thing to do to cripple them before they cripple the state, etc. ... well you can make argument. Substitute Koch brothers for public-sector unions if you like, that might help. But this? Sellout. It's like going huffy on the Koch Brothers and cutting a deal with ALEC. Hell Rahm Emmanuel didn't kiss off ANY Chicago unions when he ran for office ... if you want to celebrate a politician standing up to unions for what he thinks is right, Rahm is your man. Not make-a-deal Walker. But Rahm is a Dem and he doesn't grandstand, so he's not a Fox hero.
Matt, YOU should be the only one. Maybe Timon and Mastershake too, but let's face it; if the Libertarian movement were as strong as it appears on P&CE today, Ron Paul would have the nomination, not Mitt Romney. It boggles the mind how many libertarians the Republican Party has had since 2009.
You could go two ways - where corporations use government as an extension of its interest: i.e. "Tort reform", various legislations written by ALEC and SOPA. That stuff might seem like "government", but really, that's just the end product. Or you could look at something like arbitration clauses, which is a uniformly adopted practice of preventing employees and consumers from exercising legal recourse.
Shame. If you had just a bit more humility you could be as perfect as I am. So, was the election in Wisconsin basically a referendum on the governor standing up to the public unions, or did it come down to other issues?
Some 20% or so of registered Democrats voted for Walker in the recall. Reasoning was that they didn't believe in a recall without basically criminal wrong doing.
As a practical matter, arbitration is necessary to keep our court system from reaching its critical mass. Every time some guy bats his eyes at a girl, she runs to claim sexual harassment. It's necessary to maintain a functioning court system for the cases that really matter. MOST, and I emphasize "most", of this stuff can be handled appropriately through arbitration. Now can some employers abuse that? Without a doubt.
No offense, but you're being simultaneously alarmist and naïve. Which is to say, I think you're right in theory, if not in practice. The stuff you talk about probably gets dealt with before the "independent" arbitrator is brought in.
So the issue of recalls was in itself a big factor then. People were voting for Walker just to protest the idea of recalls? I remember there being talk about it possibly being a factor when we had the recall in California, but in the end it was not. I think Gray Davis was simply too unpopular at the time for it to become a factor.
Not really. Civil cases generally are not the reason the court systems are bogging down. Drug cases are.
Get back to me when New York becomes self-sufficient with regards to it's energy consumption and food production.
Shut up and get back to work. Those arugula aren't gonna grow themselves.* *Or maybe they are. I'm not exactly sure.
It happened in Cali b/c far right conservatives weren't able to insist on an insanely conservative candidate for governor that would be rejected by moderates and urban fiscal conservatives who couldn't give a rat's ass about the social issues that are the red meat for red state Republicans. Hate him or love him, Awnuld was/is a moderate Republican.
Super easy to grow. It's basically a weed, and b/c it has a peppery taste, many of the nasty bugs hate hate hate arugula. More and more restaurants are simply growing their own in containers.