Scott Walker
Labor Is Winning The Battle Of Wisconsin
We don't know how the battle of Wisconsin will turn out, but there are a lot of straws in the wind, and they all suggest labor is winning. Consider: READ MORE >>
Public Workers Aren't Walker's Only Target
What Wisconsin Is Really About
Ezra Klein and David Brooks both make similar points about the wildly slanted nature of Scott Walker's austerity program. Here's Klein: READ MORE >>
Fight With Unions? Sure. But Do Away With Them?
It's one thing to argue that unions are wrong about charter schools or that they need to pay more for their health insurance. It's quite another to suggest they shouldn't exist. That was Paul Krugman's point this morning and it's Kevin Drum's point here: READ MORE >>
Do Wisconsin's Workers Make Too Much?
The fight in Wisconsin is about power--the power to organize into unions and the power to influence politics. But it is also about money. If Republican governor Scott Walker weren’t claiming that the state’s public workers were wildly overpaid, and if a lot of people weren't inclined to believe him, his proposal to crush the state's public employee unions wouldn’t be on the verge of becoming law. READ MORE >>
What's Really Going on in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin, Whose Side Are You On?
Joe Klein says that Governor Scott Walker only wants a few modest tweaks: READ MORE >>
Mean Regression
High Speed Rail=Free Puppies?
Despite Governor-elect Scott Walker’s strong desire to dedicate Wisconsin’s federal high speed rail money to the state’s highway network, it will stay high speed rail money. Use-it-or-lose-it is the clear message from Washington. That may be sinking in and Walker has now stated his preference to dedicating rail money to the state’s existing service, rather than building new. READ MORE >>
