How was it possible that Scott Walker was able to beat back so many challenges and build his reputation as a “union killer” in a state like Wisconsin, yet Mitt Romney still lost there, even with a popular Paul Ryan as his running mate? It happened because while the Democrats in Wisconsin and other states are turning on each other, they will stop fighting long enough to re-elect Democrat Barack Obama. This political reality has developed because the rank and file Democrats, who are being forced to work harder to fund the pensions of their “union brothers and sisters” have said “Enough!” They don’t care about Democrat union members now that THEY have learned THEY are funding the pay and benefits packages they THOUGHT were paid for with money picked off a tree (some Democrats are THAT dumb).
This phenomenon is now taking shape in California. The current epicenter of the showdown between the makers and the takers is in San Diego, where voters last year supported reforms (read: reductions) of civil servants’ pension benefits. This, of course, has angered union members.
The cost of paying for the cushy retirements of these people has quintupled over the last dozen years; and at long last, the suckers don’t want to fund them anymore.
Naturally, the unions are fighting back. They’re claiming a lack of “go faith” on the part of the suckers in San Diego. The union thugs actually believe THEY have the power of “yes or no” in this matter. Why shouldn’t they feel this way? After all, the unions own California, and the suckers work FOR them.
The San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, who can count voters, has come out fighting on this issue saying “We’re not gonna back down one iota, I can tell you that; Because the people do have a right under direct democracy to bypass the city council, to bypass the state legislature, to bypass the labor unions, and to bypass PERB. This is a constitutional right, no different than the first amendment.”
Based on what has happened around the state when other suckers have revolted, Goldsmith looks to be on the winning side. Other local governments are fighting their unions and winning. Surprisingly, even Governor Jerry Brown has joined the fight against the unions in spite of his having been a prime mover in creating this pension mess when he was governor the first time between 1975 and 1983.
What will come of this? Who knows? But any trouble in our enemy’s tent is a good thing.
Photo credit: photologue_np (Creative Commons)
Please share this post with your friends and comment below. If you haven’t already, take a moment to sign up for our free newsletter above and friend us on Twitter and Facebook to get real time updates.
Follow @WestJournalism
Loading ...
Jan is a good conservative and he know how the UNIONS have dominated California – they are the third party at the State legislative meeting – - Read this 1912 PROGRESSIVE PARTY PLATFORM and you will see why the Governments are broken in the BLUE States and in Washington, DC.
http://articlevprojecttorestoreliberty.com/history-of-political-parties.html
No Thanks to the Unions (Teachers Union) we got that scum Brown AGAIN! SO he can continue where he left off …….ruining Calif
Romney and Ryan lost because of massive voter fraud, and it is easily proven by simply verifying the absentee ballots in any one key swing state.
As well as electronic voting booth irregularities plus dead people voting, plus the same person voting multiple times plus…
All under-reported by the Socialist MSM and not challenged by the quisling GOP.
The so called Conservatives spent their time denigrating Romney before and after the election.
We are so screwed
Notice to teachers Union and University Presidents . .
Meet Doctor Watson from the IBM University he teaches every subject and every class and charges ZERO. Yes Watson is on his way but for now he is doing customer service for AT&T and research for private enterprises. But he will arrive at a virtual school near you soon – interactive one on one instruction by the best informed source on planet earth.
One solution to underfunded ‘bloated’ public pensions would seem to be to tax those folks with such pensions to cover the unfunded portions of their pensions. It’s likely some judge will say you can’t cut their pensions, but it sure seems like you could tax them and, in effect, reduce them.
One might also limit COLAs (cost of living adjustments) for public workers and pensioners to something like the Federal Poverty Level or so. The COLA has become a Cost of LUXURY adjustment in public wages and benefits that is far beyond what the private sector can expect to EARN (aka, COLAs are not an entitlement to private sector workers as they are for public workers). Take any COLA savings and put that towards helping seniors and other of limited means.
Answers and how we can Restore the Republic will be found here – join the fight for USA -
http://articlevprojecttorestoreliberty.com/history-of-taxation-in-the-united-states.html
California has been dead. Just didn’t know it.