Valin Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 NRO:Recklessly principled Republicans are tackling our fiscal crisis.Charles Krauthammer 2/25/11The magnificent turmoil now gripping statehouses in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and others marks an epic political moment. The nation faces a fiscal crisis of historic proportions and, remarkably, our muddled, gridlocked, allegedly broken politics has yielded a singular clarity.At the federal level, President Obama’s budget makes clear that Democrats are determined to do nothing about the debt crisis, while House Republicans have announced that beyond their proposed cuts in discretionary spending, their April budget will actually propose real entitlement reform. Simultaneously, in Wisconsin and other states, Republican governors are taking on unsustainable, fiscally ruinous pension and health-care obligations, while Democrats are full-throated in support of the public-employee unions’ crying, “Hell no.”A choice, not an echo: Democrats desperately defending the status quo; Republicans charging the barricades.Wisconsin is the epicenter. It began with economic issues. When Gov. Scott Walker proposed that state workers contribute more to their pension and health-care benefits, he started a revolution. Teachers called in sick. Schools closed. Demonstrators massed at the capitol. Democratic senators fled the state to paralyze the legislature.(Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 What a GREAT piece. Thanks for posting it. To make the public unions face the same negotiating balance as private sector unions...they should have to put every collective bargaining agreement up for a vote of the taxpayers. I wonder how that would work out for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 The MSM is doing its best, along with SEIU, to prolong this issue and color it. The longer it lasts, the more pressure on Wisconsin to fold. Hope Walker hangs in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 The MSM is doing its best, along with SEIU, to prolong this issue and color it. The longer it lasts, the more pressure on Wisconsin to fold. Hope Walker hangs in. I think we are having a teachable moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Valin Yes, if the majority of this nation gets the lesson via the news sources. I think we are having a teachable moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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