Protests in Madison have been going on for over a week now, with Republican governor Scott Walker proposing new plans dealing pensions and cuts for state funding for all state workers.
From firefighters to school teachers, everyone being paid by the state is in this together.Most of them protesting have no desire for it to be a "political protest," but rather a "rights protest" for the Union. They don’t want their promised pension for retirement and current pay to be affected.
The state along with almost every other state in America has been experience huge deficits in their budgeting. To alleviate this, some governors have needed to take large cuts in the state budget. First to go in these cuts are the funding for pension and state workers’ pay. Also recently, the governor of Indiana has proposed a similar bill that would take away some benefits of state workers. Only two democrats out of 40 showed up for the senate vote on this bill, effectively blocking votes on all these labor laws.
Governors and politicians alike show no sign of stepping these bills down as of right now. They understand that they can’t fall short of the budget. Everyone has to take some type of cut to fully recover from the over spending that has been taking place on both a federal and state level.
By Josh Palmer
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