Since the measure was ostensibly taken to alleviate fiscal problems, we can only assume that if public sector unions met enough of Walker 's demands to help ensure solvency, he would of course be happy to reach a compromise without massively changing the political status quo. Right
In Wisconsin , Democrats and unions have offered Gov. Scott Walker the benefit concessions he's asked for, but not the end to collective bargaining he's demanded. Thus far, he's said no -- and he's threatened to let a Friday deadline for restructuring the state's debt come and go, at a cost to Wisconsin of more than $160 million, if Democrats don't agree to return and allow the full passage of his proposed law. (Wonkbook, Klein/Matthews)Curious. It almost seems as though the deficit was never the problem at all, but was just a convenient excuse to annihilate a disagreeable political constituency. What men build up . . .
