They are taking our rights away!!

How often have you heard the past few days "They are taking our rights away!"

     The reality is that is a load of bull$hit. The Collective Bargaining Agreement "CBA" behind that statement is not and never was a right, its a privilege and can and in this case should be taken away. The Unions would have us believe if they lose the CBA there will suddenly be all kinds of workplace injustices that would occur, you know Ogres stomping through cubicles demanding people work harder, random be-headings to keep everyone on their toes, someone taking all of the pens from the inventory closet. What they really mean to say is if you take away the CBA we wont be able to bargain back everything that was taken back and they would actually be forced to live like a normal taxpayer.
      If you dont believe me here is a simple question to prove the theory. "Would you be willing to accept an offer that allows you to keep the CBA but wouldn't allow you to bargain for anything that would increase costs to the taxpayer" The answer is a resounding NO! Why ? Because the unions fully expect to bargain back whatever concessions they lose or to replace them with something of equal or greater value. Yeah I know it sounds like a game show, Ill take the ceramic dalmatian and the rest on a gift certificate Pat.
     They would also have us believe that if this happens to them it could happen to anyone, apparently oblivious to the fact that most non Public Union workers have lost the very things they are demanding they get to keep, think about that if your reading this you likely dont have that sweet benefit package but they expect you to pay for theirs.  Notice how I pointed out Public Unions, private sector unions like the Harley Workers, Sub Zero Workers, Mercury Marine Workers have all had massive give backs, where were the shut down demonstrations for their union brethren when all of that happened? Even better where were they when all of us non union workers were giving up pensions, paying for increased health care and paying increased taxes? I dont remember anyone storming the capitol for my family. I wouldnt have expected them to either, like any sane individual I recognized the fact my employer was struggling and if I wanted a job it was necessary to do things I didnt like.
        While I listen to the union mouthpieces talk about rights I was struck by how vague they were, they are great at shouting slogans  "Stop the assault on teachers" " Dont let a dictator take our rights" "Wisconsin is going back to the dark ages" " I need my Viagra"
        That last one is only a half joke, last year MTEA sued to keep Viagra as part of their health care coverage. , yes they sued to keep it!I guess it makes sense now, they need to make sure they could keep screwing the public. Back to where I was though, you dont hear them talk about actual rights, because well most of the stuff they could actually complain about is covered by laws and many of the others they themselves negotiated. For example, Labor Laws now cover things like discrimination, harassment, un lawful termination and the like. Workplace Safety is now covered by OSHA, ask these people what rights they are talking about, you"ll get one of three things, a blank stare a flat out lie or a slogan shouted at you "Walker is Hitler"
       They never really talk details though and the fact is if you look back over the CBA's you'll see why, they didnt care about rights as much as they demanded individual perks. These rights became a good slogan when it was needed but never really mattered until they felt threatened. When 50 % of MPS kids were dropping out, African American kids were scoring at the bottom of standardized tests were they willing to work to get rid of bad teachers and improve schools? Hell no they demanded seniority be left in place making sure no matter how worthless a teacher was if he/she was teaching for a long time they got to keep right on doing it, they bargained to keep teacher evaluations and removal so watered down they are useless and havent been used. Hey I know Johnny cant read but man a 2500.00 deductible just wont fly,the education of your kids be dammed the kids future batted aside in favor of making sure I get to keep what I bargained for. Remember a few years ago when teachers didn't get what they wanted they refused to write recommendations for graduating seniors to get into college holding kids education hostage in favor of their needs. These are the people I am supposed to believe are doing it for the kids? ((Now dont get me wrong, I know their are a lot a TON of dedicated, caring, hardworking teachers who are doing it for the kids. It just so happens most of them are in non union Parochial or Choice schools ;)...))
      They also never talk about the negative side of the CBA, they never tell us how it slows down just about any implementation of Labor Savings, they dont mention that to get a contract has been averaging 15 months. What happens is if they do know they have to give something back, they delay, argue, refuse to vote on a contract ensuring the existing contract is held in place for over a year and then finally they say well "we gave up our raise this year" never mentioning the fact that the concessions they bargained into the contract often increased the overall labor/benefit costs.
       I'm sick of redirection ploys, Im sick of being lied to, Im sick of spending money I dont have. When we talk about the need to limit Labor Costs via eliminating the CBA I dont want to hear about how someone spent this or that, we are talking about this now so lets stay on topic, this is about the CBA not about how Bass Pro Shops getting some wetlands deal. If you didnt like that attack it when it happened dont bring it up now because you dont want to talk about the CBA. Dont lie to me about what is being lost or trying to make anyone believe Wisconsin is suddenly Egypt and we are under a dictators rule (Ahem Eugene Kane) saying Scott Walker called out the National Guard to quell protests and comparing it to the riots of the 60's get a grip and stop trying to froment dissention with lies. The reality was he readied them to cover services that could be impacted by self interested greedy people who cared more about what they got and didnt care if they screwed a million taxpayers/parents/children or others along the way.Hell they dont care if the state goes bankrupt because they got theirs. In a ironic twist they same thing you will hear them claim the evil corporations do.
     Time to wake up.This state is too far in debt to keep up what we have been doing, you have to pay into your health and pensions and you have to give up the CBA it has not helped the state and the taxpayers it needs to be gone.
     These teachers who were so willing to try and slam a contract through before Walker took office, now say they want to negotiate and hes not fair for not giving them time, a bit of do as I say not as I do. These union hacks who preach about unfairness and family sent pickets outside of the Governors home in Wauwatosa to picket his elderly parents and children a none to subtle hint of we know where you live. These same people who called for more civil politics when Gabby Giffords was shot are posting pictures of our state reps as jack booted Nazis and I even saw one post wishing cancer on all of them. When a Republican lawmaker received threats today people actually said oh they all get threats but Republicans need to tell the press.
     These are some of the people telling us its for the kids, its for us ....

Well no thanks I dont need or want you support, each day I learn more about what this is really about and each day I am more and more sure the Governor is right. Stay the course Scott Walker, we believe in you and we support the bill.