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In reply to the discussion: Right-to-Work Flaw = Governor, Republican legislators had not reviewed law = "epic incompetence" [View all]Coyotl
(15,262 posts)16. The Governor can be recalled, likewise with Senators and Reps. One recall effort already happened
Last edited Thu Dec 13, 2012, 08:25 PM - Edit history (1)
to the Governor, and they did not obtain all the signatures required, stopping the campaign when Walker won his re-election. That might change now, with a renewed recall. A better solution will be a ballot initiative to fix the law to something the people will like.
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Coyotl
Dec 2012
OP
Oh, boy. Ed is going to have a field day!!! Wonder what Rachel and Larry will say?
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#39
I can just picture the Koch brother's lawyers who wrote the bill standing on the carpet.
Scuba
Dec 2012
#2
Bigger issue for the rethugs going forward is- "You can't trust a word they say"
Rambis
Dec 2012
#109
Calling out the absurditiy and stupidity is a great deterrent to future absurdity.
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#48
The Governor can be recalled, likewise with Senators and Reps. One recall effort already happened
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#16
So the bill is illegal, and it's another attempt by Republicans to ignore state law and steal power.
The Wielding Truth
Dec 2012
#20
Meanwhile in the real world, Koch Industries is a big company paying lots of people real wages
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#75
Can you rephrase that so it's an actual question/sentence that make sense?
Cobalt Violet
Dec 2012
#84
"The Koch's won't be happy until everyone is working for them at $2 an hour" is hyperbole.
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#113
I truly don't think that is hyperbole. What motive do these guys have except to make the rest of us
Squinch
Dec 2012
#88
And yet they are paying millions to prevent wide swaths of people from making a living wage.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#91
You are wrong. This is a war on the political opposition. This is an attack on the Dem base.
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#115
No, I'm not wrong. It's also a demolition of the middle class and a theft of income
Squinch
Dec 2012
#116
They really only need a relative few high-paid workers with tax avoidance skills, etc. The rest of
SharonAnn
Dec 2012
#95
Those two idiotic rich shitheads will be dead of old age long before thats a reality
DJ13
Dec 2012
#54
wtf is up with politicians, federal and local, that do not read bills they pass!!??!?!?!?!
underoath
Dec 2012
#31
Most do, and likely write them too with help from collegues, advisors, interest groups, citizens
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#38
The only question is whether it applies to the 35,000 state workers -- not to the private sector
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#32
No, those guys are thinking of getting cushy jobs for the industries they worked for
alfredo
Dec 2012
#46
yet THEY are the ones endlessly yammering about "freedom" and "democracy"?
Proud Liberal Dem
Dec 2012
#56
That might well be the best take-away from this experience, understanding the depth of deception
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#58
I'm scared and sad at the fact that so many people take them so seriously
Proud Liberal Dem
Dec 2012
#87