From Chuck Vierthaler
Monroe
To the editor:
This note is in answer to Mr. Jegerlehner's letter to the editor, "Why vote for Walker?" Gov. Walker showed a clear level of contempt for Wisconsin workers, women, working people and the weakest. When did it become OK to walk on these people? And he will do it again.
Per Mr. Jegerlehner, Gov. Walker balanced the budget without raising taxes. Gov. Walker did raise taxes - on the poorest and least capable. Gov. Walker removed more than $900 million from education, multiplied the cost of Senior Care and Badger Care to the weakest by 300 percent, and removed $110 million from Family Care (a program providing long-term care for the elderly and disabled). Keep working people poorly paid to insure significant profits is bullying. Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve Chairman, sent 45 million to the unemployment lines in the early 80s to "stamp out inflation" and set the 6 percent unemployment goal. Globalization moved our jobs to low-cost labor countries and sent 70 million Americans to the unemployment line. Now Gov. Walker, like Ron Paul speaking at a NC University, says to the economically injured, "If you are sick, don't have a job or insurance and no money, well, then you are going to die." And the audience applauded. Walker ignores the people he hurt and declares the take aways are "New Programs." It is a corporate agenda and Walker is not here for us.
Only after elected did we see Walker did not represent working people. Walker represents the interests of corporations and the well off. When did deceit and cowardice become courage? Scott Walker "drops the bomb" on working men and women who have contracts with their communities and declares it courageous? Had Walker told the truth prior to the election, he would not have been elected. Private sector workers have been under economic attack since 1980 and now to declare war on the public sector is hardly courageous. Farms and private sector workers are being filleted by monopolies and need a governor that values their contributions and requires corporations to play fair. Instead Scott Walker "takes" from the people who run our schools, protect our communities, save our homes from burning to the ground and have played by the rules, and delivers our money to corporations and the rich.
Vote for Tom Barrett. We can fix Wisconsin together.
Monroe
To the editor:
This note is in answer to Mr. Jegerlehner's letter to the editor, "Why vote for Walker?" Gov. Walker showed a clear level of contempt for Wisconsin workers, women, working people and the weakest. When did it become OK to walk on these people? And he will do it again.
Per Mr. Jegerlehner, Gov. Walker balanced the budget without raising taxes. Gov. Walker did raise taxes - on the poorest and least capable. Gov. Walker removed more than $900 million from education, multiplied the cost of Senior Care and Badger Care to the weakest by 300 percent, and removed $110 million from Family Care (a program providing long-term care for the elderly and disabled). Keep working people poorly paid to insure significant profits is bullying. Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve Chairman, sent 45 million to the unemployment lines in the early 80s to "stamp out inflation" and set the 6 percent unemployment goal. Globalization moved our jobs to low-cost labor countries and sent 70 million Americans to the unemployment line. Now Gov. Walker, like Ron Paul speaking at a NC University, says to the economically injured, "If you are sick, don't have a job or insurance and no money, well, then you are going to die." And the audience applauded. Walker ignores the people he hurt and declares the take aways are "New Programs." It is a corporate agenda and Walker is not here for us.
Only after elected did we see Walker did not represent working people. Walker represents the interests of corporations and the well off. When did deceit and cowardice become courage? Scott Walker "drops the bomb" on working men and women who have contracts with their communities and declares it courageous? Had Walker told the truth prior to the election, he would not have been elected. Private sector workers have been under economic attack since 1980 and now to declare war on the public sector is hardly courageous. Farms and private sector workers are being filleted by monopolies and need a governor that values their contributions and requires corporations to play fair. Instead Scott Walker "takes" from the people who run our schools, protect our communities, save our homes from burning to the ground and have played by the rules, and delivers our money to corporations and the rich.
Vote for Tom Barrett. We can fix Wisconsin together.
