Fireworks expected as Gov. Walker heads to Hill to talk unions

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/155937-fireworks-expected-as-gov-walker-heads-to-capitol-hill-to-discuss-unions

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) could be in for a rowdy welcome from unions and liberal groups when he comes to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify about his work on reducing the state’s budget deficit.

A coalition of liberal groups including People for the American Way, Common Cause and Public Campaign is scheduled to give a press conference outside the hearing room before Walker testifies, and union members are traveling in from Wisconsin to attend.

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“We are going to make our messaging felt,” Marge Baker, executive vice president for policy and programs at People for the American Way, told The Hill. “We want people at the hearings, inside the room and outside. We want the committee to hear from the American people.”

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) is also holding a press conference with union members after the hearing to respond to Walker’s testimony.

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1. Walker heading into a meat grinder ....he should give it up and do the Palin thingy

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2. Walker will "testify about his work on reducing the state’s budget deficit."...

Ummmm, do you think he'll point out that his budget is actually 1% LARGER than the previous budget?

Do you think that he'll point out that he gave $140 Million in tax breaks to his wealthiest donors in his first week in office, and how that revenue loss is being made up on the backs of the lowest paid State employees?

Do you think he'll point out that he deferred maintenance on the State's bridges, highways and other infrastructure to get his budget to balance? That he refinanced debt, "kicking the can down the road" as he said he would never do?

His approach to budgeting is to give more and more to his friends, while robbing those that he disdains. He's a thief, a con-man. Nothing more.


Let him get is 15 minutes. He'll be recalled in January.