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Title: Walker's Wow Moment
Source: Milwaukee Magazine
URL Source: http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw/
Published: Feb 15, 2011
Author: Bruce Murphy
Post Date: 2011-02-21 12:27:12 by lucysmom
Keywords: None
Views: 14000
Comments: 25

Walker, however, has gone much further than this. He estimates his proposal to increase all state employees’ contributions to their pension and health insurance would cost them 8 percent of their salary, or about $4,616. But for many workers, this is on top of the furloughs, meaning they could be losing as much as 11 percent of their salary. (Walker has said he’d like to end the furloughs, which continue through the current biennial budget, but has made no promise to do so.) Even at 8 percent, it’s a huge cut in pay for middle-class families.

Walker has said he has no choice, given the budget deficit, but he’s only gaining an estimated $150 million a year instituting these draconian cuts. Just a half-percent increase in the sales tax, going from 5 percent to 5.5 percent, would raise $400 million a year. Walker, however, won’t raise taxes; as I noted, his policy choices are bracingly clear.

His approach raises an issue of basic fairness. Union leaders argue that they have regularly given up salary increases in favor of benefit hikes. These negotiations were done in good faith (and mostly, I might add, with Republican governors Tommy Thompson and Scott McCallum over 16 of the last 24 years). Walker is basically saying, sorry, state government doesn’t have to live up to its past promises. Whatever you gave up in salary doesn’t matter; you will now contribute far more to benefits than previously agreed.

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#2. To: A K A Stone, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, brian s, mcgowanjm (#0)

I don't know what the accepted practice is for quoting poster "Comments" following an article from another site so if I'm crossing a line here, please delete.

I work for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, I make over $60,000 per year, have excellent benefits and have received annual bonuses for the past 10 years. There is no one size fit all private sector employee. It depends on who you work in determining how good or bad your benefit and compensation package is. My sister works for UW-Milwaukee as a University Service Associate 2 and after 12 years of service she now makes $27,000 per year (one of the higher salaries in her department), her husband died several years ago and she's raising 3 children alone. If the changes that are proposed go through, it means a $1600 reduction in her pay as she contributes to her mandatory retirement plan and another 119 per month or 1400 per year for health care, effectively cutting her pay $3,000 per year in addition to the unpaid furlough days she had to take between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. I will help my family, however this change affects 4 people my sister and her 3 children.

The cuts probably wouldn't be so bad if everything else was being cut, but the cost of groceries, gas, utilities, car insurance, rent/mortgages are still going up.

When did state workers become the enemy. When did they stop being tax payers too.

I'm pretty sure there are enough pet projects and other wasteful state spending that would more effectively address the state budget deficit as opposed to taking money from families and people who work for a living.

Bruf if this goes through as is, you best believe I'm signing a recall petition.

posted by No comparison on 2/15/2011 3:51:48 PM

http://www.milwaukeemagazine.com/murphyslaw/

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#5. To: lucysmom (#2)

I don't know what the accepted practice is for quoting poster "Comments" following an article from another site so if I'm crossing a line here, please delete.

You aren't even close to crossing any line. Carry on.

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#7. To: A K A Stone (#5)

Thank you.

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You're welcome.

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