14 Democrat Senaters were simply disappeared
In 17, Feb 2011 14 Democrat senaters in Wisconsin were disappeared together to avoid a vote for reforming a benefit law relates to public employees. If they take the vote Republicans will easily pass a new law that makes public employees pay more for their pensions and health care.
From 2001 to 2010 Wisconsin taxpayers have paid eight billion dollars health insurance and 12.6 billion dollars retirement pensions for those public employees. Meanwhile the beneficiary paid less than 5%. For reducing the 3.6 billion budget deficit by mid 2013 Wisconsin State plans to make equivalent of a 8% pay cut on those benefit payments. Democrat legislators have no chance to stop the reform. They simply take their salary and run away from their offices. They meanwhile organize a protesting to stop the Republican legislators who have more seats in congress and represent the majority people in Wisconsin. One thing they protesting for is Wisconsin State governor,Walker, tries to curbs state worker’sbargaining right. Walker’s said his reason to do it is because state workers need to have more flexibility to deal with up to $1 billion in budget cut.
Actually Democrats legislators’ performance should not be encouraged because it broke the rule of the game. America always respects the majorities’ wills and let them make the law reforming. Unfortunately instead of sending his people back to Wisconsin state congress Obama let White House’s Organizing for American to call people from all over the country to protest in Wisconsin for stopping Republican legislators. He must be craze for he forgets that he is the president of a county not a leader of some special-interest allies.
He said Wisconsin Republican legislators are “assault on Unions”. He thought his accusing is strong and powerful. My argument is So What! What is wrong to assault unions if they hurting the taxpayers’ benefit. IN his speech Obama said, “It is very important for us to understand that public employees, they’re our neighbors, they’re our friend”. I don’t know who prepared this kind of low level talk, himself or his team. I never see an important thing that a president believed is such nonsense.
The picture is very clear that State governments are out of budget. In 2012 45 state government’s budget deficit are over 125 billion dollars. For avoiding debt we have to either cut the government spending or make our taxpayer tight their belts to support those public employees’ special benefits. Obama said public employees are our neighbors and friends. However, it doesn’t mean that they have right to take advantage from the taxpayers. We are their neighbors and friend as well why they don’t take a consideration for us – reducing a bit of their pay. When those public employees retire they will get 70% of their salary. That means if their annual salary are $80,000 they will get $56,000 salary per year without doing anything. Should taxpayers support that kind of expenses in long term just because they are our neighbors and friends?
People from private companies are suffering from pay cut or losing jobs. It is too much that union protesting for only 7% pay cut when taxpayers pay enough for their benefit all these years. Obama is suppose to make the budget cut in White house as what Wisconsin governor does. He does nothing but sides with the union people. Why? Because union people can unite together and give out votes. Obama needs votes. He doesn’t mind that he will do nothing but minds to keep his position.
He obviously aside in the wrong place this time because public employees are not the majority of this country. People who making noise loudly doesn’t mean that they represent the justice. They are just being organized well. Standing aside with union people make Obama become a leader in the street. He will not work things out when he requests for increasing the national debt limit. Statistic shows states that firmly support Democrate have reduced from 36 to 23 since 2008. Americans first were despointed by little Bush then by Obama. Can our election give us a better leader? I doubt and hope…. When we realize that they are not the right people it is always too late.
