From E. Mike Rufener
Monticello
First of all, I am not a one-party person, so this is the way it seems to me. The people should look at it with an open mind. The word that comes to my mind is greed. The Democrats leaving the state while in session is against the Wisconsin Constitution, however, the real reason for leaving isn't that they care about people - it is the thought that they might not get much money from unions. Which they get a lot of money, but really its got to the point. The lobbyist writes the bill and lawmakers put it into the law in both the state and federal governments. Someone told me, why should 80 percent of taxpayers pay for 20 percent of the perks. In fact, he said they should pay for all their perks like 80 percent do. There really is plenty of blame to go around. Wisconsin is No. 1 in football, but we are in debt No. 1 in all 50 states, (or as president once said, all 48 states) per capita with debt, so now it's time to pay up. Lets' all accept a little responsibility. Are the Democrats being paid while out of the state? The state could also save a lot of money by putting legislators back to part-time instead of full-time since then they would have less time to fight, since going out of state instead of being in Madison.
Monticello
First of all, I am not a one-party person, so this is the way it seems to me. The people should look at it with an open mind. The word that comes to my mind is greed. The Democrats leaving the state while in session is against the Wisconsin Constitution, however, the real reason for leaving isn't that they care about people - it is the thought that they might not get much money from unions. Which they get a lot of money, but really its got to the point. The lobbyist writes the bill and lawmakers put it into the law in both the state and federal governments. Someone told me, why should 80 percent of taxpayers pay for 20 percent of the perks. In fact, he said they should pay for all their perks like 80 percent do. There really is plenty of blame to go around. Wisconsin is No. 1 in football, but we are in debt No. 1 in all 50 states, (or as president once said, all 48 states) per capita with debt, so now it's time to pay up. Lets' all accept a little responsibility. Are the Democrats being paid while out of the state? The state could also save a lot of money by putting legislators back to part-time instead of full-time since then they would have less time to fight, since going out of state instead of being in Madison.
