pedro says:

#59 Those medic notes didn’t work for the Spanish air traffic controllers last december. Will the US government and or the Wisconsin government be less than the Spanish? Don’t answer that.

hpbear says:

toomanypuppies, not sure we need to do that. how about just make all campaign contributions above say 250 or 500 bucks per year (corporate or personal citizens, soft money or hard, but a decent amount for most working people’s budgets within a year) illegal? and anyone who wants to funnel more funds illegally through their campaigns would be prosecuted for bribery, and the prosecutors would not be allowed to opt against prosecuting. that way no company or person could have more say than the guy next door.

pedro says:

#64 Fixation = mental illness

chris says:

#60

I bet this post is astroturf, simulated grassroots. I’m not basing it on the content, which I will get to in a second, but because it is written by someone using Office who isn’t remotely familiar with blog formatting.

What looks good on a full page looks ungainly in a narrow formatted window.

To the content: The kernel of truth in the post was about former DCPS chancellor Michelle Rhee. This is not a similar situation to Wisconsin at all.

DCPS is a disgrace. It is specifically a sick institution. Big money goes in and crap results come out. Rhee did a lot of good. If an organization is seriously under-performing it needs a rigorous test. Adrian Fenty, the mayor who appointed Rhee, came to power as an effective details guy who was all in on effort. Fenty put all his political capital into Rhee, knowing the teachers union would be after his blood in a reelection campaign. He was exactly right, but Rhee’s results don’t lie.

What is different from Wisconsin is that I’ve seen no evidence that ALL of the Wisconsin state government apparatuses are dysfunctional like the DCPS. If they were, wouldn’t some of the blame fall on the elected officials(mostly Republicans)?

No, this is a conservative state that doesn’t raise enough tax revenue to cover expenses, and wishes to screw its employees.

Wisconsin should tax more and provide decent services. Shit costs money, deal with it.

MikeN says:

>spout about unions is LIES. Lies spread by people like the Koch brothers, the Hunt brothers, etc. a

In all your talk about the nefarious people behind the scenes, why does WalMart get a pass? They were a big contributor to Scott Walker’s campaign. Is it because WalMart gives money to the Center of American Progress, who is the source for these talking points?

Smartalix says:

The Right has nothing to offer anybody but greed, hate, racism, and fear.

You can’t lead from a negative position.