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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Walker throws Hail Mary, calls for banning public sector unions and abolishing NLRB
Five months ago, back when his campaign wasnt in shambles, Scott Walker assured voters that his cruel and unusual union-busting plan in Wisconsin would stay in Wisconsin, calling it a state issue:
Not anymore. Now that Walker is polling at under five percent nationwide, hes got to start throwing some Hail Marys. And since waffling on birthright citizenship and refusing to say anything about Syrian refugees wont cut it, hes going with what he knows best, releasing a white paper earlier today that would eliminate public sector unions and the National Labor Relations Board, along with enacting nationwide Right to Work legislation that would cripple workers ability to collectively bargain by letting workers to opt out of union membership, both allowing them to free-ride on union representation while diluting the power of the union itself.
http://americablog.com/2015/09/scott-walker-hail-mary-banning-public-sector-unions-nlrb.html
Does the rest of the GOP candidates agree?
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)is imploding this early. He really looks like a darling of the I've got mine class of assholes that make up the bulk of the Republican base. I guess he's just not quite as outwardly crazy as the base is looking for this time around.
spanone
(135,844 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)I'm betting they're kicking themselves (again) for ever trusting this idiot to keep his mouth shut about the "plan."
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Mount Rushmore for Dullards and Asswipes.
postulater
(5,075 posts)Wisconsin people just trusted him too much ("How bad could he be? He's a Republican. I always vote Republican." . They are still not fully aware of what they have done.