I have heard so much around the news and from my friends (which in their profession this bill directly targets), and I think I have personally made enough opinions of it to make my decision.

SCOTT WALKER:

Originally I thought this candidate, even though I did not vote for him, still had a lot of fresh ideas and would potentionally bring around some great changes. In his first week or two, I heard on the news of things that have changed. I thought this was nice that we finally had someone that was taking charge, I didn’t even think twice that someone taking charge could have a back fire, and oh boy did it backfire. This governor who is listening ‘to the people’ of a certain group. It seems in this case that he’s thinking that people who believe public workers should not have all the benefits seem to be giving him confidence to make changes to benefits along with removing their ability to bargain for anything. His decision seems incredibly abrupt and has the feeling of a dictatorship, not the benevolent’ish likings we expect from our governor. Maybe he should join the Democrats on their vacation and talk to them about what is going on. He needs to listen to both sides, without a predetermined opinion of the outcome. I do believe he lacks this ability.

PUBLIC WORKERS:

I have heard so many things about how Public Workers don’t make that much, and that is true when you look at the amount of some of the public workers vs what you end up getting, it is not that much. The only up side at this point is the benefits. There are SEVERAL public workers though that shouldn’t be getting what they are getting, and they still get the benefits that others are getting. This is pathetic. At the companies I work for, they made the change right when I started from a Group Health Insurance plan to a HSA based one where they give so much in credit per month.

Does that cover it? No. There is A LOT more involved, but as a business oriented person I understand this rise in healthcare. I also understand the concept of a sick day. I get 3 Sick Days a year… Not over 60 as I hear many school systems have and I wouldn’t be surprised if that extends to other fields within the public sector. I do understand being in the school does put you around many other people, and depending on the year there can be a lot of illness, but you have to look at this realistically, 14 days TOPS! The rest is unpaid. In the real world we have the options called ALFAC, if we are out of work for extended days we can PAY for PLANS that HELP COVER US.

I think what is trying to be done is a step in the right direction BUT it is being done too quick, too aggressive and with no input. I do support adjusting the rights, and hell in a perfect world I’d love to get rid of unions, read on for my opinion on unions.

UNIONS:

I do not like unions, I guess it would all come down to if businesses and industries were honest with their workers we wouldn’t really need unions. We need unions to breathe down the necks of the business to make sure the workers are being treated with veneration (Respect). I do feel that sometimes like the Lobbyists, they can get out of hand with demands.

OVERALL:

I think this bill is bringing up a great issue that needs to be addressed. I think it needs to be modified in a way that we can make more of Wisconsin Families happy, in no way will this or any bill be perfect, but if these protests get us some results, then it was worth it. I think this Governor really needs to re-think how he conducts his business because he is making himself out to be a one-opinion, one-mind, it’s my party’s way or the highway. Our government shouldn’t be a war like Bluejays VS Rockets (local high school team reference, actually good too because they represent blue and red colors heh), they need to own up and listen to people. If only we had a Voting phone line… Vote by a mix of SSN and your last years confirmation id of your taxes. Then we know all tax payers get their opinion. We could do this online or on phone.

I wish the people protesting great luck, and I hope we get some answers and I hope they wake up down there that you cannot form powerful bill without listening to the people it will affect. How about we cut some of the computer funding for schools. Every three years to replace computers is NOT relevant anymore. We have computers to the speed where they will operate fine. Remember back during the boom we had to do this, but I can use my first pentium 4 1.8GHZ and it still runs fine and quick. Do you know how much $$$ that would save? Also switching from Microsoft products to Open Office would save tens of thousands per year.

There are so many good ideas, yet nobody with this knowledge can make changes.