tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post2512280500692398968..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: As we said out loud in November, all ye scribes...James Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-87104270368295450972015-02-25T13:14:41.120-06:002015-02-25T13:14:41.120-06:00ONCE PREVAILING WAGE IS GONE ISN'T THAT GOING ...ONCE PREVAILING WAGE IS GONE ISN'T THAT GOING TO ALLOW ANY OUT OF STATE BUSINESS TO BID STATE JOBS AT RIDICULOUSLY LOW RATES AND USE LABOR OF INFERIOR SKILLS BEING PAID POVERTY WAGES AND ESSENTIALLY CUT WISCONSIN FIRMS WITH SKILLED LABOR OUT OF THE BIDDING PROCESS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-38545176610223523832015-02-25T10:50:56.138-06:002015-02-25T10:50:56.138-06:00Walker can't see beyond the next election, a v...Walker can't see beyond the next election, a vision problem he's had since first taking office. Perhaps that's why he left Marquette; there wasn't an election available there anymore that he could contend in. One thing we can all agree on those "blank" eyes don't see the next generation, only the next election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-11117641735198937252015-02-25T10:23:19.387-06:002015-02-25T10:23:19.387-06:00I saw Sen. Hansen this morning at breakfast. He i...I saw Sen. Hansen this morning at breakfast. He is very discouraged as there is not reason to think things will improve in Wisconsin.<br /><br />The gerrymandering & overwhelming outside cash that supports Walker and republicans is just too much.<br /><br />He was on the road with Mary Burke right before the election and he lamented how Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "watchdog" reporter and the usual pro-walker writers published hock-financed lies about Mary Burke.<br /><br />The last week of the campaign, every media outlet in Wisconsin hammered Burke with endless questions about the Koch lies -- and they did it because MJS reported a fake-news sites slander uncritically (allowing every other media outlet to source their endless loaded questions to MJS).<br /><br />More divide-and-conquer is coming next week. Hansen said next week's Prevailing Wage repeal will be even more devastating.<br /><br />Now contracts can be submitted as lowballs with poverty-wages to workers. Couple this with misnamed RTW and not only will Unions have to pay the costs of supporting freeloaders, but many jobs will no longer pay a wage high enough that people can even afford to pay union dues if they want to.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com