Scott Walker Pushes ALEC 'Right to Work' Bill

[Common]

This is the personification of what the Republican Party is all about.

It is the party of the rich and only for the rich.

Just weeks ago, the Washington Post described Scott Walker as the first "It" candidate of the 2016 presidential races, but after stumbling over "truth," evolution, and whether or not the President is a Christian or loves America, Walker is getting ready to change the topic.

On Friday, Wisconsin GOP leaders announced they would have an "extraordinary session" to ram through union-busting "right to work" legislation. CMD/PRwatch quickly noted that the bill is taken almost word-for-word from the Koch corporate bill mill known as the American Legislative Exchange Council known as "ALEC." (See CMD's side-by side-here.)

Walker's new-found enthusiasm for a decades-old effort to crush the wages of working families reminds us a few things the public needs to know about Scott Kevin Walker.


1. Walker Gets His "Fresh" Ideas, And His Money, From Hard-Line Ideologues and Special Interests
Governor Walker's relationship with the billionaire Koch industrialists and one of the organizations they bankroll -- ALEC -- dates back to the 1990s. As a state legislator from 1993-2002, Walker rubbed shoulders with Koch Industries lobbyists who serve on ALEC's; corporate board and its task forces. In his first year in legislative office, Walker sponsored "Right to Work" legislation (1993 SB 459), followed by "Paycheck Protection" (1997 AB 624), and "Truth in Sentencing" (1997 AB 351), all parts of the ALEC lobbying agenda. He also pushed ALEC bills to privatize the state's prison system (1997 AB 634, 1999 AB 176 and AB 519); ALEC was funded by the for-profit prison industry, of course. He co-sponsored an ALEC bill (1997 AB 745) that would have prohibited all state agencies -- including universities -- from providing goods and services that could be procured from the private-sector, with rare exceptions.

Then, as Milwaukee County Executive, Walker pursued an aggressive privatization agenda, another part of the ALEC wish list. In 2009, he even manufactured a budget crisis to fire the unionized county courthouse security workers and hire the scandal-plagued British corporation Wackenhut, which was also a funder of ALEC. After this move was reversed by a court arbitrator, the county had to rehire the workers and foot the bill for back pay, costing taxpayers a small fortune.

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[Professor Peabody]

That's why I'll vote for Walker.

[Common]

Thats why im no longer a republican, im not rich enough

[Peter1469]

Dems are no different.

[Mr. P]

I see a lot of Dummycrats obsessed with Walker. What's up with that?

[Mac-7]

I see a lot of Dummycrats obsessed with Walker. What's up with that?

Big government democrats can live with big government moderates like Jeb bush but not real deal conservatives like Walker.

[zelmo1234]

Well it is about time.

WI is the only rust belt state, not controlled but Democrats, that has not become a right to work state.

MI just got through their last legal challenge, and challenge that if upheld would have prevented over 4000 auto worker jobs from moving back to MI.

Common is of the opinion that if some people make a lot of money, then others are prevented from making money. It is a lie that is promoted by those that want to control you. The truth is the fastest way to increase wages it to put people back to work.

Unions kill that.

But Common is also a very committed Democrat and understands that Unions stopped existing for the workers a long time ago.

What his real fear is and a justified fear too, is that the Unions donations to the DNC will fall dramatically. This is the big fight. And it has already been proven in places like MI, IN, and OH.

the Democrats will run on class warfare and propaganda. They will try and toss in a good race card every now and then.

But if you are wise, ask yourself what legislation have the Democrats or Republicans proposed or passed that would really have helped the plight of the people on main street?????

I think that you will find the list is really short.

So if DC is not helping the people? why do we want them to have more power?