I get that the Union protesters in Wisconsin want other peoples money (i do too). I get that they feel entitled to it without having to work harder or better for it (i do too. cuz im a dick). I *don’t* get that they’re actually in the streets screaming about it for 2 weeks… I keep my “I deserve everything from everyone” stuff to playful jokes. this is like a bad satire that they’re actually demanding this in Real Life. embarrassed for them & scared for the future.
If Wisconsin’s governor (known by the protesters as “Hitler“) cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, it would still leave public workers better off than their private sector counterparts. Public employees currently pay about 6% of their health care premiums and Governor Walker’s proposal would increase it to 12%. Okay, so I get the frustration in having to pay more of the cost of your own benefits instead of someone else picking up that tab, but even after the increase, it’s still about half the national average, according to state government figures. Half? And these people are screaming their heads off in the streets? How am I NOT supposed to see them as assholes?
How is it that these brats can still whine when the “compromise” STILL makes them get a better deal than the middle class taxpayer off that middle class taxpayers back? I get that these people may not be fans of the Wall Street Journal or Fox News or Talk Radio but did they just never see any of the reports from MSNBC, The New York Times, Reuters, CNN, BusinessWeek and NPR that Governor Walker is currently facing a budget deficit of $137 million or $3.6 billion shortfall by 2013? This seems unlikely. It just looks instead like they don’t care. It’s all “screw the numbers. I want more money at your expense”.
Again: I totally get that they want the best deal they can get and are willing to skip work with fake doctors notes to try and get it. I DON’T get that they feel entitled to a better deal than everyone else at the literal expense of everyone else.
What a bunch of dicks…
The endlessly repeated lie that this “abolishes unions” doesn’t help me gain respect for their cause, either.
Video from the Heritage Foundation.
Keeping the standards of civility high…