Articles About Governor Scott Walker
- Author:
- Tom Silva
- Posted:
- 03.16.2011
Where to Cut: Public Union Benefits or Defense?
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s war on public-sector unions is being brought to the national stage by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). Coburn challenged members of Congress following the release of an exhaustive study by the Government Accountability Office that found many overlapping and duplicate programs from education to defense that cost taxpayers billions of dollars each […]
- Author:
- Tom Silva
- Posted:
- 03.01.2011
On Wisconsin!
Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker – a Tea Party favorite — accused the state legislature’s 14 Democratic senators of “vacationing” because they walked out of the State Legislature and took refuge in Illinois to avoid a vote that would strip most of the state’s employees of their collective bargaining rights. Because of the Democrats’ absence, […]