The controversial Wisconsin plan to save money by targeting collective bargaining power for government workers is on hold while a judge in Madison decides if it’s legal. Are politics, incompetence or both involved in this court case? That’s the opinion of Wisconsin GOP State Sen. Glenn Grothman. Why is he annoyed at this legal fight? Will Republicans just pass the bill again to clear up any legal issues? Grothman also lashes out at the increasingly ‘totalitarian’ atmosphere in Wisconsin as unions tell businesses they will be boycotted unless they actively support the political position of the labor unions. Will this tactic engender sympathy for the unions or cast them as thugs in the midst of this pivotal debate? We ask Sen. Grothman.
Archives for April 2011
Three Martini Lunch 4/1/11
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review are slightly pleased by the new job numbers but more upset that things aren’t much better. We also worry that the Libyan rebels are falling apart, and we endorse Barack Obama’s re-election…sort of.