Scott Walker, “Winning” signs budget repair bill into Law Wis taxpayers win the most

This is a huge victory for Republican Gov Scott Walker who stood firm on behalf of Wisconsin taxpayers.

This law will break the unholy alliance between the Democrat Party and public sector unions who were bleeding the state dry with their bloated benefit packages.

It’s a victory for the middle class taxpayers, who after all, pay the salaries of every public sector worker in the state of Wisconsin.

This law will become a template for every other state suffering similar circumstances if their governors and state legislatures have the courage to stand up to union bullies.

Journal Semtinel Gov. Scott Walker signed his bill Friday repealing most collective bargaining by public employee unions, dealing a blow to the labor movement that turned out massive demonstrations in an effort to kill the proposal.

But a lawsuit filed Friday by Dane County officials immediately sought to block the signed bill from being published and taking the force of law, arguing that the bill had not been properly passed.

Dane County Circuit Judge Amy Smith on Friday denied the request to grant a temporary restraining order that would have blocked the bill from taking effect. But Smith, however, ordered the county and the state to come back to court on March 16.

The Republican governor signed the budget-repair bill privately in the morning and will hold a news conference later in the day to tout the signing and talk about the tumultuous past few weeks. Also Friday, Walker directed the Office of State Employment Relations to rescind layoff notices because the Legislature had passed the bill.

In a statement, Walker said jobs were saved by passing the bill, which solves part but not all of the state's budget shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30.

"The Legislature helped us save 1,500 middle-class jobs by moving forward this week with the budget repair," his statement said. "The state will now be able to realize $30 million in savings to balance the budget and allow 1,500 state employees to keep their jobs. The reforms contained in this legislation, which require modest health care and pension contributions from all public employees, will help put Wisconsin on a path to fiscal sustainability."

But even with the battle won by Republicans, a wider war now remains for both sides, one expected to be fought in the courts and through recall efforts against 16 state senators.

"It's just the beginning," said Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar). "This is the civil rights issue of this century."

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This is how the deranged Left mischaractizedd the whole debate. You may not know Ed Schultz because he doesn’t have many viewers. But, nonetheless we have to understand how desparate the Left is.



Notice how Schultz uses the same old tired class warfare arguments that most people don’t buy anymore. But, at least he’s good for a laugh.

This is cool, clam and collected Scott Walker.


This man could be president one day!