re: #20 Buck

All good questions? Well some are a bit loaded. What if the sky falls? Well that isn’t in the bill either.

I have to admit, your herring is a lovely shade of red.

Let me ask you a question. What if you let a small group of people (minority) use extortion to stop the duly elected members (majority) from legislating?

This is the foundation of American democracy, that the majority can never run roughshod over the minority. It’s not extortion, it’s elegance.

If the bill is really that bad for WI, and a true majority will oppose it, then the next election will take care of it. The bill is not about killing people, or destroying anything. It is about finances. If it causes the economy to get worse? Well that is what elections are about.

Yes, in a democracy, that is always an option. So is protest, and so are all kinds of techniques that go into the passage of a bill. Show me a poll saying that the people of Wisconsin are for this.

The math of a $130 million deficit, and a $3 billion debt is very clear.

Yes it is. I would not begin solving this by cutting essential services—because that is what’s going to happen. Nor would I begin by starting a trend that tries to eliminate an institution that is vital to the smooth functioning of an economy.