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**dumadegg** · 02-17-2011, 01:56 PM

The very article you cited specifically says it would only go to a public referendum if unions seek pay increases above the CPI.

It's nonsensical and misguided, and how is it cost-effective to hold a referendum in place of simply having two parties sit down at a negotiating table with an arbitrator?

The idea of gov't writing legislation that tries to micromanage an entire group of people like this runs contrary to the basic notion of smaller gov't. Why is the gov't even injecting itself this far into the matter when teachers are not the reason for the sad and sorry state of the economy?

Taking away from the bottom while the top gets away with a tax burden that is now half of what it was 30 years ago simply does not make sense and it has gotten us to where we are now, where a middle school teacher only half way into her teaching career is going to see a loss of personal revenue of about $600 a month because of this legislation. The average state employee in Wisconsin makes just over $48,000 per year.

That's -$7,000 for this one individual who fits right around where the median state employee wage is. The money she is losing per paycheck is reflected in her having to pay twice as much for health care premiums under the law and an increase in the amount she would have to pay for her pension.

Can you do without $7,000 this year?

02-17-2011, 01:56 PM	#35
dumadegg Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	The very article you cited specifically says it would only go to a public referendum if unions seek pay increases above the CPI. It's nonsensical and misguided, and how is it cost-effective to hold a referendum in place of simply having two parties sit down at a negotiating table with an arbitrator? The idea of gov't writing legislation that tries to micromanage an entire group of people like this runs contrary to the basic notion of smaller gov't. Why is the gov't even injecting itself this far into the matter when teachers are not the reason for the sad and sorry state of the economy? Taking away from the bottom while the top gets away with a tax burden that is now half of what it was 30 years ago simply does not make sense and it has gotten us to where we are now, where a middle school teacher only half way into her teaching career is going to see a loss of personal revenue of about $600 a month because of this legislation. The average state employee in Wisconsin makes just over $48,000 per year. That's -$7,000 for this one individual who fits right around where the median state employee wage is. The money she is losing per paycheck is reflected in her having to pay twice as much for health care premiums under the law and an increase in the amount she would have to pay for her pension. Can you do without $7,000 this year?
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