re: #265 robdouth

Given the 400% greater benefits, I’d say that is the part that far outpaces, considering the wage difference is much smaller than the gargantuan gap between benefits packages, which is a dishonest way to up compensation because those great retirement plans don’t look like they cause problems for the budget today, because union shills and dem politicians can just ignore unfunded liability in their budget analysis.

You make a good point, but your use of the word “shill” invalidates everything, as you are projecting an evil intent on people you disagree with.

You may be right about x’s and o’s here, but my larger point was about the gop essentially going to the mattresses against the unions, as if unions were generally filled with thugs and leeches, not working/middle class people trying to support their families. (If you don’t think the GOP has been trying to demonize unions in general, you haven’t been paying attention.) And the WI Gov’s actions are an extreme example of this: no attempt to negotiate with Dems in state legislature or the unions themselves. As opposed to HCR, this is the real “ramming legislation down our throats.”