Another American Hero Governor

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Human Events:

Conservatives are rightly excited by newly elected Republican governors who are showing the way to fiscal sanity in their states and giving us all hope that it is possible in the federal government too.

Chris Christie in New Jersey, Bob O'Donnell in Virginia, Susana Martinez in New Mexico, Rick Scott in Florida—all have challenged the status quo, big-government elites in their states.

Now add the name Scott Walker, the new Republican governor of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin faces an immediate shortfall this fiscal year of $137 million, and a looming two-year deficit projected at $3.6 billion. Walker promised during last year's campaign that he would balance the state budget by challenging the power of the public employee unions.

While federal labor law governs the rights of workers in private workplaces, Wisconsin law governs the labor law applicable to its government workers.

The governor's reform proposal would repeal collective bargaining rights for state workers except as to wages, and then restrict any wage increase to a maximum of the real cost of living. Walker also proposes to limit labor contracts to one year. Only safety service employees (police and fire) would continue to have collective bargaining rights. Public employers would no longer collect union dues from public employees.