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So this emergency person who gets put in charge of a town deemed to be in financial crisis by the governor's administration, this emergency person gets to strip the town of union rights, unilaterally, by their own personal authority. but this emergency person also gets the power under this bill to suspend or dismiss elected officials. think about that for a second. doesn't matter who you voted for in michigan, who you elected. your elected local government can be dismissed at will. the emergency person sent in by the rick snyder administration could recommend that a school district be absorbed...

Doing stuff that had no fiscal impact. here is how else you know it wasn't about the budget. governor walker's emergency budget repair bill, that's what he called it, found the time in the midst of the emergency to overturn a wisconsin law that says insurance companies have to cover contraception. what is the fiscal impact of that? what does that do to wisconsin's state budget? nothing. he cuts all the money the state spends on family planning services, places that provide access to contraception, cancer screening, prostate screening. the state spends under $2 million annually on those service...

So far on this show, we have done one, precisely one, cell phone text poll question thingy. last week we did one on a lark, mostly out of jealousy that the other shows do them and we never had. but it sort of went spectacularly. we are going to try it one more time. get out cell phones, get ready to weigh in on what's more embarrassing? first, consider alan simpson, former republican senator, co-chair of the president's fiscal commission nicknamed the cat food commission because of the commission's proposed cuts to social security. in that cat food commission co-chair capacity, mr. alan simpso...

Paid, not about what they contribute to pensions, not about how much healthcare costs they pay for. everything republicans wanted in terms of fiscal concessions from people that work for the state, they got them. public employees conceded. they gave republicans everything they asked for in terms of paid give backs, pension, healthcare, everything with budget impact, the public employees gave up right away, right at the outset. if it was really about the budget, then those concessions would have sort of solved the problem. would have been enough. but it is not about the budget. and so instead w...

Disapproved of new governor in the entire nation. even though that paper endorsed scott walker, even though they leaned right, they are also now editorializing against walker's union stripping folly. then came news today that scott walker's own party, the state's senate republicans caucused, and the news was not good for the governor. remember, he can only afford to lose three republican senators and still get his union stripping bill passed. and three republican senators have now made public comments that the republican governor should compromise. and so after 22 days of escalating protests, ...