Gov Walker did NOT campaign to curtail collective bargaining

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2011-02-27 05:25 PM

Schmidt
Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 1058

Reference: Politifact, February 21st: Wisconsin Gov. Walker says he campaigned on his budget repair plan, including curtailing collective bargaining.

Governor Walker and all the Republican and Fox News pundits keep saying that Walker is enacting only what he promised to do during the campaign...to curtial collective bargaining in Wisconsin. At a February 21st news conference Walker stated,"The simple matter is I campaigned on this all throughout the election. Anybody who says they are shocked on this has been asleep for the past two years."

Governor Scott Walker is a liar...and Fox News perpetuates the lie.

Politifact states,

"We reviewed dozens of news accounts and various proposals on Walker’s campaign website to determine what he said about collective bargaining during the campaign. We talked to both campaigns in the governor’s race, and union officials....But nowhere in our search did we find any such detailed discussion of collective bargaining changes as sweeping as Walker proposed.

"Walker contends he clearly "campaigned on" his union bargaining plan...But Walker, who offered many specific proposals during the campaign, did not go public with even the bare-bones of his multi-faceted plans to sharply curb collective bargaining rights. He could not point to any statements where he did. We could find none either.

"While Walker often talked about employees paying more for pensions and health care, in his budget-repair bill he connected it to collective bargaining changes that were far different from his campaign rhetoric in terms of how far his plan goes and the way it would be accomplished.

"We rate his statement False ."

"It seemed to us like the first public hint Walker gave that he was considering eliminating many union bargaining rights was at a Dec. 7, 2010 Milwaukee Press Club forum, some four weeks after the election."

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