STAND AND DELIVER
The most random thing happened to me on Sunday evening; I fell asleep at 7:30 PM. Consequently, even though I am now more awake than any non-meth addict should be at 5 AM, the Great Big Wisconsin Post will have to wait one more day. Until then, enjoy this bit of validation of the continuing relevance of the basic exchange theory of politics.
The lion's share of attention regarding Scott Walker's legislative proposal has been paid to the effort to revoke Wisconsin public employees' collective bargaining rights, but the 144-page bill (more reliable link here) is a far more exhaustive and inclusive list of the fundamentals of Republican politics in the 21st Century. Not many people have the time to plow through the whole bill but those who do will be rewarded with plenty of gems like this:
16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state−owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.705 (1), the department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state. Notwithstanding ss. 196.49 and 196.80, no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest and to comply with the criteria for certification of a project under s. 196.49 (3) (b).
If this isn't the best summary of the goals of modern conservatism, I don't know what is. It's like a highlight reel of all of the high-flying slam dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism. Extra bonus points for the explicit effort to legally redefine the term "public interest" as "whatever the energy industry lobbyists we appoint to these unelected bureaucratic positions say it is."
In case it isn't clear where the naked cronyism comes in, remember which large, politically active private interest loves buying up power plants and already has considerable interests in Wisconsin. Then consider their demonstrated eagerness to help Mr. Walker get elected and bus in carpetbaggers to have a sad little pro-Mubarak style "rally" in his honor. There are dots to be connected here, but doing so might not be in the public interest.
I think the "Budget Repair Bill" is Wisconsin's very own Vanguard moment.
February 21st, 2011 at 8:45 am
[...] allow for the selling of state-owned heating/cooling/power plants without bids. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began to [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 9:18 am
Jesus christ. The Republicans are even more vile than I thought – first, they put the state in deficit. Then they demand the deficit must be fixed on the backs of the poor and the assets of the state.
It's like a much faster version of the Party's plan for the entire country. Hope we can stop those fuckers before they completely ruin everything forever.
February 21st, 2011 at 9:40 am
These are the kind of revelations that will show us the mettle of the T-party activists.
Y'all Lefties claim the Ts are a fabrication/creation, wholly owned subsidiary of the Rs We have some early indications they are not based on the current budget battles in the HoR.
Please Ed, spare me the breast beating about the cronyism of Rs. Your Chicago Ds invented it fer sure! It is both parties and it has to stop now.
The next few years will be interesting on whether the 'voting is useless' cynics are correct.
//bb
February 21st, 2011 at 10:24 am
No wonder he's trying to ram this through and trying to stifle debate on it, it's also why he's lead off with the collective bargaining gambit to hide the devil of the details.
February 21st, 2011 at 10:32 am
Ah, yes, the "if you're on unemployment, you're just a lazy fuck" argument. God I love these guys.
February 21st, 2011 at 10:45 am
Just found a really good summary of the current "deficit" issue from a Professor at Berkley named George Lakoff.
This is the link:
http://georgelakoff.com/2011/02/19/what-conservatives-really-want/#more-862
February 21st, 2011 at 11:18 am
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jason Smith, RFLatta. RFLatta said: Walker's bill; privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism. http://www.ginandtacos.com/2011/02/21/stand-and-deliver/ [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 11:46 am
[...] from teabagger, it means "selling state assets for pennies on the dollars to your wealthy cronies." Share and [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 11:51 am
But…but…George Soros!
February 21st, 2011 at 11:59 am
[...] plants without bids and without concern for the legally-defined public interest. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began to [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 12:19 pm
@Hobbes – I've been hearing these same sentiments from several of my old school mates from Wisconsin. It's sad to watch working class people that you've known most of your life destroy their own standards of living because they've been fed bullshit and been told that they like it.
February 21st, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Nice catch, but make sure to credit Matt Taibbi when you use one of his lines.
http://www.nypress.com/article-11419-flathead.html
February 21st, 2011 at 1:25 pm
[...] The other part of Walker's plan I guess buried in the 144 page union busting bill is a part about no-bid contracts for State owned heating and cooling power plants. Quote: [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 1:43 pm
What in the holy fuck? No-bid contracts for the privatization of public utilities? Please, please someone from the media write a story about this.
February 21st, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Last night I heard a promo for Fawn Hannity's show where he said something like, we need to pull a Reagan on the people in Wisconsin. Give them so long to get back to work and then fire them. There are plenty of teachers around the country who would love to have their jobs. You could just see the glint in his eyes while mentioning his lord, Saint Ronnie of Reagan. Asshat.
February 21st, 2011 at 1:49 pm
[...] Ed at Gin and Tacos gets into the less-discussed weeds of Scott Walker's budget [pdf]. [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 2:13 pm
[...] and Tacos reads long and boring budget bills, so you don't have [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 3:03 pm
That's right ladies and gentlemen… there is a self created fire sale going on. When people don;t now how to run a government and create giant deficits they have no idea how to fix it but to sell off their assets. The republicans and some dems can't really manage anything effectively. This generation in power have had American prosperity handed to them like trust babies. They then withdrew the funds and will leave the carcass for the next generation who will be slaves to corporate interests.. I am no communist or socialist… I am a capitalist who understands why government and regulations should act as the referees in a world of greedy, self-serving power grabbers.
February 21st, 2011 at 3:22 pm
We have a word for when this happens in the "Third World" – it's called LOOTING. I see no reason to call the shenanigans by Gov. Walker (and his teabagging colleagues in Ohio and else where) anything different.
February 21st, 2011 at 3:49 pm
[...] plants without bids and without concern for the legally-defined public interest. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began to [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 3:57 pm
[...] assets at rock-bottom prices for a one-time payoff. Of course, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker loves this idea, too. 16.896 Sale or contractual operation of state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants. (1) [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 4:18 pm
@bb
Whenever one of my conservative friends says something like "Both parties do it" or "They're all the same" I reply with – "Then I guess you don't mind if I vote for the Democrat?"
The conversation usually stops right about then.
February 21st, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Y'all Lefties claim the Ts are a fabrication/creation, wholly owned subsidiary of the Rs We have some early indications they are not based on the current budget battles in the HoR.
bb, sorry but the Tea Partiyers are going to do exactly as they are told by Fox News. They will fully support selling off government assets, if they are aware of it at all, even if it is below market value. They will concentrate every bit of the considerable hatred they have on the teachers' union.
February 21st, 2011 at 5:02 pm
[...] Walker is trying to slip through corporate welfare while attacking [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 5:15 pm
[...] plants without bids and without concern for the legally-defined public interest. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began to [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Major:
I'm not saying "both parties do it. so shut up" I'm proud that you vote for whoever your little ol' heart desires. I said spare me the breast beating about the Rs. Ds practically invented the crony scamming crap, but it is UNACCEPTABLE when any damn body does it.
We need to stop it – preferably peacefully. If as Pug sez the T partiers are indeed Fox Puppets, we will see that now, won't we?
//bb
February 21st, 2011 at 5:17 pm
[...] plants without bids and without concern for the legally-defined public interest. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began to [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Thank you for posting.
This really reminds me of Krugman's post on Nassau County awhile back, although his observations were more about the consequences of these policies.
February 21st, 2011 at 5:32 pm
[...] at Gin and Tacos was his usual bad-ass self and caught this while combing through the [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 5:50 pm
bb in GA said: "Please Ed, spare me the breast beating about the cronyism of Rs. Your Chicago Ds invented it fer sure! It is both parties and it has to stop now."
Since he's talking like a child, which parental cliche should I answer that with?
A: Two wrongs don't make a right?
B: If everyone was jumping off a bridge, would you do it too?
C: A bad thing is a bad thing, no matter how many people do it.
February 21st, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Check out the following section, too:
"(c) If the department sells or contracts for the operation of any state−owned
heating, cooling, and power plant under sub. (1), the secretary may identify any full−time equivalent positions authorized for the state agency that has operating authority for the plant, the duties of which primarily relate to the management or operation of the plant, and may decrease the authorized full−time equivalent positions for that state agency by the number of positions so identified effective on the date that the state agency no longer has operating authority for the plant."
Sell the contract, and clean house in one fell swoop.
February 21st, 2011 at 6:21 pm
"It's in both parties" is a load of shit. ONE party incites its members to violence; ONE party slanders hard-working people; ONE party wants to disable the state's protection of the people's interest; ONE party wants to rape us all. The other party seems to have no idea what it's up against.
February 21st, 2011 at 7:10 pm
[...] to support Gov. Scott Walker's budget. There's some sweet deals in it for them. Ed at ginandtacos highlights [...]
February 21st, 2011 at 7:43 pm
You don't sell an operation as complicated as a nuclear power plant by bidding. You may solicit offers, but the terms and conditions apart from purchase price are so complex and important that in the end the transaction must be be negotiated in detail between one finalist buyer and seller. Bidding is not the only way to achieve best price, and in this case a bid system, as is usually done in a governmental auction, and in this case would probably impede a sale and erode the price.
It really has nothing to do with cronyism.
February 21st, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Thanks so much for all that valuable "insight", David. This is a subject I happen to know about.
The usual process for selling large packages of assets is exactly to solicit bids, open a data room with relevant information for review by potential bidders, then review those bids submitted and begin negotiations with the most promising bidder. Terms and conditions will be included in any credible bid. It is not an auction in the same sense as Sotheby's.
And even in that situation, the bid has to be approved by the Board of Directors. I can't imagine a CEO being allowed to sell off assets for whatever he wants. That's out of control. Maybe the dictator of Equitorial Guinea could that, but not an American CEO.
February 21st, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Nice catch! I don't think I've seen any coverage of Walker's plans aside from the union-busting aspects, and probably many venues have only seen fit to give it that much attention because of the street protests.
February 21st, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Cokeheaad. You claim R's put Wisconsin into the deficit. Exactly how was that done when Jim Doyle was a deocratic governor for the las8 years. Next time you want to blame a political party, and the reps deserve blame for things, know what you are talking about before you spout off a lot of nonsense.
As far as the 'opinion piece. It is exactly that. An opinion piece. And it is so full of holes I don't even no where to begin. You want to blame Republicans for corporatism, no bid contracts and paying off lobbyists. Do you want a list of examples with the Obama administration?? How many no bid contracts have been continued AFTER Bush left office?? DO a little research and see. Corporatism and lobbyists. What would you like to call Tim Geithner??? How many lobbyists NOW have positions in the White House after campaigning there would be 'no place for lobbyists in my administration.
So next time you would like to go off on an 'opinion piece' and make a bold statement try not to come off as so sophomoric. BOTH sides are no better than the other. Until we as a people start holding DC acountable for their actions and vote for 'We the People' and not 'We the corporations' will things start to turn around.
I just hope it is not too late
February 21st, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Yes the republicans are out to really win big this time and along with Tea party candidates that won are out to really throw this country into a conservitive hole the likes we have not seen since the 1950;s .But It is our fault that they have this power in the first place because Democrats DO NOT VOTE in the forst place!! Only 25 % of the nation that was able to vote in this election voted and that is disgusting to me and I will bet you ANY money the majority of those that DID vote were republican.WE NEVER show on mid term elections!! I do not know if it is just laziness or stupidity but I for one am, getting sick of the whining about what the republicans are doing when we DPNT VOTE!! There are alot more of us then them and if we had voted they could not have taken the house or any state!!
February 21st, 2011 at 11:11 pm
The mainline 'baggers are, I'm sure, quite anxious to get back to bitching about guns, immigration and incandescent light bulbs. They can't spit out the "red meat" long enough to realize it's between the Koch brothers' legs.
February 22nd, 2011 at 12:15 am
"If as Pug sez the T partiers are indeed Fox Puppets, we will see that now, won't we?"
No. "We" won't see shit. Those of us with our eyes open to it *already* see it.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:46 am
@jkdawg:
1. If I understand reports correctly, Wisconsin's budget was in fairly good shape compared to, say, California's. Then Walker stepped in, and his first order of business was to slash taxes for no damn reason. Poof. Instant budget deficit. And the collective bargaining provisions have nothing to do with the deficit.
2. Ed's not saying the Democrats are virtuous flower children who do nothing wrong. Look through the archives, and you'll see that he's been plenty harsh. Next time you want to blame a political blogger, know what you are talking about before you spout off a bunch of nonsense.
3. Ah, the platitudinous 'bagger line. "We hate both parties! It's just that we always vote for Republicans and…hey, why are you laughing like that?" The next time the Tea Party makes a concerted effort to do anything but vote for more Republicans, I will smack my gob in astonishment.
4. Please learn to spell. It really opens doors, doncha know.
@Mo:
So 2006 and 2008 don't matter?
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:16 am
Why aren't the Democrats talking about this?
I can think of one reason, does anyone have others?
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:38 am
[...] Konczal (thanks to ed at ginandtacos) reported earlier today on the latest release of a movie coming to states and cities all over the [...]
February 22nd, 2011 at 8:14 am
Wisconsin's Governor has the right way to lead America back to recovery. He's doing an awesome job!
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 am
@ Hann1bal
1. Collective Bargaining certainly has a huge mark on the deficit. Defined Benefits have ALWAYS ended up being underfunded. What Walker is proposing is moving towards a Defined CONTRIBUTION plan. These Gov't Unions MUST start paying for their own retirements.
2. D's and R's are no different in Methodology, only in their Mission. I say to Hell with both and let our Communities decide our own paths to success.
3. You won't likely see the Tea Party going Repub again. They were the only Party open to true Liberalism (http://wp.me/pB8xR-6T) at the time. Look for the Tea Party to either split off or more likely place candidates in both parties. If the feds were truly Limited in scope as originally planned, there would be no room for Parties at that Level. Straight Rule of Law and Limited responsibilities.
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:22 am
@ hann1bal
1. The tax cuts have not even taken affect yet. So there is no budget deficit due for that very reason.
2. I don't care what he has posted in the past. My comment is in regards to THIS opinion piece. And it is juvenile and filled with tons of inaccuracies. I didn't even touch on the cronyism. Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters come to mind.. So you can think it is nonsense it does not matter to me. Blame Ed for the terrible piece he wrote.
3. And don't paint me as a 'bagger'. Far from it but nice try. More of an independent. But it does show your mental acuity with the name calling and the generalization. But I understand because it requires out of the box thinking and for some liberals that is not their strong suit.
4. I hit spell check this time. Hopefully it meets your approval.
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 am
[...] plants without bids and without concern for the legally-defined public interest. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began to [...]
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:45 am
Does anyone out there have any information on just how many publicly owned utilities there are in wisconsin and where they are?
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:04 pm
THe government ought to get out of the utility business. However, stuff ought to be sold for reasonably close to market value. Instead of a bid process, hold an auction with a reserve. That will provide the fairest determination of fair value.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Folks,
As I am in the government as a career and serve at the pleasure of both left and right and good and bad., i must tell you it is common practice to sell for 1 dollar or give away an "asset" that can beneift the public. Seldom, including BRAC has there been a fair and market reimbursement on a former govt property. It is neither a red or blue thing. But in aganecies where we have our own antiquated steam plants or waste water treatment plants. Private sector companies have come in and taken over weither through bid or no bid and run them. Sometimes its because of the envirommnetal liability. We as the govt do not want to bear the fiscal resposibility on the taxpayer to bring a system up to code. The private entity comes in a pays the CI money and then gets their return on investments over the long haul. usually buy supplying outside new customers. Sometimes old govt "shops" of wage grade union workers are running them and these folks are so senior they wont leave, make well over 100K a year and more tha the managers. They rape the taxpayer for overtime because they wont do what is required during the normal workdays. And instead they go private. these employees are usually picked up by the private intity but at a wage reasonable and usually meeting the fair labors Davis Bacon act. The fact is every time it is done it benifiots the taxpayer. I have yet to come across a local, muni or federal transaction that wasnt a boon to the taxpayer.
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Well, when you are in debt, have no money yet need money, what can you do but sell your assets (or declare bankruptcy)? Whether as a private citizen, or as a State government that can't print it's own money, ultimately those are the only two choices.
With that said, I think it sucks a$$ that the asset sales won't be subject to bidding. It seems that no one these days can walk through the political field promising fiscal reform without having some type of crap come along for the ride.
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Curious,
A lot of times with utlities, there is no bid because not many fish in the ocean… but now a days it has grown a lot. There is real compitition around the country that will move in. But there are aslo others that just rehire the problems that are there get it with lowest bid, make Tyco money for themselves and have no customer service. You try to out those with Big Bond requirements but when it is not owned by government then they cant keep a BS entity from not having a bond… it should be contracted out with X percent going to the public coffers.
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Jeezus you guys, unbundle your undies for a minute MMM-K?
It says WITH or WITHOUT, and IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE.
These are facilities at places like colleges, prisons and the like. There is an issue with some of these meeting environmental standards, and there may be some fines if they are not upgraded, plus the state may not have the money to upgrade them, hence the reason the state is looking to unload them.
Also, a flat out auction may not be in the best interest of the state, as they will still need to negotiate the power rates provided. Soooo, again in the best interest of the state fits perfect.
So while you folks are bickering about partisan politics, there are real issue here, and it appears this governor is trying to deal with it. The past governor just swept it under the rug.
Reference to number of plants etc: http://www.jsonline.com/business/116204654.html
February 22nd, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Wiscosin Taxpayers are paying 100% of the Teacher Union's pensions and healthcare insurance in Wiscosin. Also the Teachers have very inflated salaries.
Whats wrong with Teacher Unions having to pay for some it themselves ?
( The Private Sector employees have to pay for some of their pensions and healthcare insurance.
Not to mention the Private Sector is paided less and works harder)
Unions have special job security. In which it is almost Impossible to fire Union employees. Even if they are slacking off or have poor performance.
February 22nd, 2011 at 5:57 pm
My oh my. It certainly looks as if the educational system has failed quite a few of the guests here. Let's see…we're supposed to trust that the current governor is going to always do what's right for the state. We're supposed to assume that unions deserve to be dismantled because, well darn it, their members negotiated for benefits and can't be fired on a whim. A litany of hard-right wing complaints are supposed to answer a specific point, one that might be appreciated by people with actual integrity (as opposed to republican party hacks.) That point, in case you missed it, was that we need safeguards to ensure that politicians can't fire their enemies and sell public goods to their friends for almost nothing.
The fact that the wingers here don't care is yet another piece of evidence that the republicans care not about the rule of law one whit. It's just all about power, crushing their foes, and enriching their friends. Here's a news flash: you can't just loot things forever. And the moral system that I described isn't one that normal people find appealing.
February 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 pm
If you are trying to prove there is crap in all bills (dems and reps), I'm there. What a shocker. But finding some crap and using it to support your position whatever it is… that's down right – political. There's crap in Walker's bill so he must be wrong and his opponents right… nice. No bit contracts are bad, period. Crap is crap regardless of the side you are on. Don't play their game. No one will take you seriously.
February 23rd, 2011 at 9:51 am
Wow… that is the best you can find? I will go back to supporting the R's now… call me when you have an example that doesn't take multiple leaps of associative logic…
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:47 am
[...] did some homework last weekend and posted his curious findings at his awesomely named blog gin and tacos. (In his own third-person words, "Ed is an visiting assistant professor in the Department of [...]
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:19 pm
I decided to do a bit of digging on this one and asked myself a couple of questions: what exactly are these assets the state of Wisconsin wants to sell and why would they want to sell them? Now, the reason I asked myself the first questions is because I didn
February 23rd, 2011 at 1:18 pm
[...] The New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico's Ben Smith all report that the Kochs do not have any financial interest in the outcome of the bill, and they point to Gov. Walker's previously stated desire to break up the unions as proof that this is a state matter. But that still leaves the focus on the collective bargaining parts of Walker's bill, and doesn't address the tangible interests Koch Industries has in Wisconsin's energy sector (nod to ginandtacos.com for the link). [...]
February 23rd, 2011 at 4:09 pm
[...] plants without bids and without concern for the legally-defined public interest. This excellent catch is from Ed at ginandtacos.com (who, speaking of Madison, took me to the Essen Haus on my 21st birthday, where the night began [...]
February 23rd, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Damn this public education I gert!
Just what are public heating and cooling plants? Heck what are private ones?
I know of central a/c, and heat pumps, but how do you centralize them to work from a plant somewhere?
Sounds like the government is trying to sell thier own broklyn bridge scam.
Why do I keep hearing about shared sacrifice, the government is sacrificing also, they are letting the people keep thier money, So why are the public unions complaining when the state is also taking a cut.
I just wish one news channel would tell us what unsafe working condition the teachers face without a union rep stealing their money, that they don't face now being disarmed with those thugs roaming the school.
February 23rd, 2011 at 5:56 pm
[...] http://www.ginandtacos.com/2011/02/21/stand-and-deliver/ [...]
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:35 pm
[...] Read more at ginandtacos. [...]
February 24th, 2011 at 11:25 am
[...] Ed from ginandtacos caught the language related to no-bid energy asset sales in Walker's bill. Both Felix Salmon [...]
February 24th, 2011 at 11:28 am
[...] Ed from ginandtacos caught the language related to no-bid energy asset sales in Walker's bill. Both Felix Salmon [...]
February 24th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
[...] this plan (despite the health of the public pension system in Wisconsin), but others – like the no-bid contracts and privatization scheme – are now coming to light. The last, and perhaps most significant, is the attack on public [...]
February 24th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
In Wiscousin
Teacher Unions do not have to paid anything for their Pensions and Healthcare Insurance.
( That couldnot had in the Private Sector Ever)
I wish I got Free a Retirement Pension and Free Healthcare Insurance Just like The Teacher Union workers of Wiscousin.
( At the Expense of the Taxpayers)
Wouldnot that be nice ?
February 24th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Correction in my first Bracket off area
( That could not have happen ever in the Private Sector)
February 25th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
[...] everything. Ed from ginandtacos caught the language related to no-bid energy asset sales in Walker’s bill. Both Felix [...]
February 25th, 2011 at 9:31 pm
[...] finally, privatizing assets: Privatize everything. Ed from ginandtacos caught the language related to no-bid energy asset sales in Walker’s bill. Both Felix Salmon [...]
February 26th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
@Jon: The contribution from the individual is up front on those retirement and healthcare thingys. That's the POINT: THEY WERE NEGOTIATED!!!!!! Maybe the teachers would be paid better if they didn't have anything taken off the top. EVEN SO!!!!! the union has agreed to allow greater contribution by its members (NEGOTIATION!!!!) as requested by the GOV.
It is union busting and wage busting. And as beckerhead and Limburger (and a host of cons), income redistribution.
February 26th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
@Jon: a job application from C&L. Maybe someone can negotiate retirement and healthcare for ya:
http://www.thinkenergygroup.com/think.nsf/J/84239?Opendocument
Energy client is looking for experienced Plant Managers for multiple power plants located in Wisconsin. You need 15+ years of operations & maintenance experience in a power plant environment. You should have at least 5 years of experience managing operations & maintenance teams in an operational power plant. The ideal candidate has experience in a coal fired power plant. Salary is commensurate with experience.
February 26th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Most are thinking KocksuckasBruttas
February 26th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
[...] One progressive blogger called the proposal “a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism” and suggested that the [...]
February 27th, 2011 at 3:45 am
[...] One progressive blogger called the proposal “a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism” and suggested that the [...]
February 27th, 2011 at 4:23 am
[...] One progressive blogger called the proposal "a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism" and suggested that the [...]
February 27th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
I see that this thread has become a place to talk shit about teachers. Since I won't do that about Mom and Dad, I'll have to get back to crony capitalism. How about a Republican governor that tries to stifle (free market!) innovation in the energy field:
http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/walkers-windy-job-give-away
Can't think of any Walker donors who might benefit from that.
February 27th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Report: Top 10 Disastrous Policies From The Wisconsin GOP You Haven't Heard About…
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February 27th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
[...] One progressive blogger called the proposal “a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism” and suggested that the [...]
February 28th, 2011 at 12:07 am
[...] One progressive blogger called the proposal "a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism" and suggested that the [...]
February 28th, 2011 at 9:46 am
[...] catch up on this story: Rortybomb gave a wide audience to the 16.896 fine print discovered by ginantacos. Both sites assumed the sale of Wisconsin's power plants was intended as payback for Koch [...]
February 28th, 2011 at 10:41 am
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February 28th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
One of the Koch brothers companies (Think-something?)is already running an ad looking to hire managers at an anonymous power plant. Looks like our power plants have already been sold and we just haven't been told yet. Interesting, huh?
March 1st, 2011 at 4:08 pm
[...] One progressive blogger called the proposal “a highlight reel of all of the tomahawk dunks of neo-Gilded Age corporatism: privatization, no-bid contracts, deregulation, and naked cronyism” and suggested that the [...]
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March 2nd, 2011 at 11:28 pm
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