Wisconsin: union rights versus the rights of the taxpaying private sector . . . . you know, the true and forgotten middle class.

<<<< This public sector union thug believes it righteous to demand that taxpayers pay for his greed and job security.  Unions have lost 54% of their membership since Walker made union dues voluntary.  What does that tell you? 

In an op-ed found in the Wall Street Journal,  today (June 5),  the author suggests that the Wisconsin election is all about the battle between courageous politicians fighting the entitlement state.  

While this is true to a large extent,  many would frame the core issue in terms of power . . . . specifically,   do unions and their  leadership serve the  taxpayer in wage and benefit demands?  While unions talk about their “rights”  in perpetuity,   no one within these unions ever speaks of the rights of the taxpayer.  Understand that all wages and benefits paid to public employees come from the private sector.  In Wisconsin and California and Illinois and Michigan,  unions have told the private sector,  “We make our demands and you  pay the bill.”  As silly as that sounds,  this is where unions have taken their power.  

The Wisconsin recall election is about this union nonsense.  As long as that mentality (and I use that word,  loosely) prevails,  the taxpaying private sector,  the true middle class, will serve only one purpose and that is to fund the public sector as it increases wages,  benefit packages and political power.   

In 15 short months,  Scott Walker has instituted legislative changes that have benefited the state’s economy.  His policies have brought unemployment down from 7.7% to 6.7%.  Half of the school  districts in the state were in serious trouble.  Today,  nearly all are on solid financial footing.  The State’s $3 billion deficit has been reversed and 3 million dollars are now in the State’s “rainy day” fund.  Property taxes have gone down,  for the first time in two decades,  and a small business survey shows a radical reversal in business confidence,  moving from just 10%,  in 2010,  to a 94% approval in April of 2012. 

The unions understand that they cannot afford to allow this success curve to continue.  If it is not stopped, now,  the voting curve within the State may be effected (for a more conservative agenda) for years into the future.