Jeff #Fitzgerald caught on tape saying the #GOP wanted to “go further” on #union -busting

From DefendWisconsin ...

The report goes on to state that another Walker Republican, Rep. Chris Kapenga, promised supporters at a listening session just last night that Republicans “have Right to Work legislation ready to go” and just “have to wait until it is politically feasible.”

Assembly Speaker Fitzgerald, and his brother Scott, the majority leader in the Senate, are two of Walker’s closest political allies. When they helped push through Walker’s collective bargaining bill last year, critics charged that Wisconsin had become “Fitzwalkerstan.” He’s also the front-runner in a hotly contested GOP primary for U.S. Senate – perhaps the reason he’s talked up right-to-work even though Walker is trying to tamp down the topic.

Assembly -Jeff #Fitzgerald caught on tape saying the #GOP wanted to “go further” on #union -busting : #Walker #wiunion

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Juneau - Does Sen. Scott Fitzgerald really listen?

Why is this article useful.  It names real people, and where they are from, and quotes what they had to say, i.e., it let's you make up your own mind.  It has to be difficult to capture and include this much detail but as a reader I appreciate it.  The writer also provides an introductory context to other meetings, locations and what were the main topics!

Fitzgerald listening session brings crowd by Diane Graff - Watertown Daily Times

JUNEAU — Educators, prison guards, state and county employees voiced their objections to state senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, about a budget repair bill that would strip public union employees of their collective bargaining rights and make cuts to education.

Between 200 and 250 people attended a listening session in Juneau Thursday at the county’s administration building. The session started at 5 p.m. and concluded about four hours later after 42 people addressed the Senate majority leader.

Last week, Fitzgerald held a session in Lake Mills at which 400 people attended with 63 people addressing the legislator. In Oconomowoc on Tuesday, about 100 people attended with 22 speakers. ...

... [from the end]
Chris Aufderhaar of Watertown, a small business owner, said she was one of the silent majority in favor of the bill. She said because of economic times, her business has decreased 30 percent, yet her health insurance costs have doubled. Those in the public sector have been insulated from the rising costs of health care, she said.

Jeff Berres of the town of Shields, who also serves on the Dodge County Board of Supervisors, is also a small business owner. “We have to think of the people on the other side,” he told the senator.

Scott Fitzgerald was also criticized for not returning telephone messages or emails. One woman asked, “Are you ignoring those who do not agree with you?”

Scott Fitzgerald apologized, saying in the past month he has received 3,100 emails which has bottle-necked the system.

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By my interpretation almost no one was as supportive as two of the last three speakers.  I would like to take a moment and editorialize about the health care comments by Chris but !

The next election or a recall will be the verdict on voter complacency and whether Sen. Fitzgerald listens!

WI 1848 Forward: #Juneau - Does Sen. Scott #Fitzgerald really listen?

Rep. Roys - Open Mtgs Ltr /Complaint via TheWheelerReport

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FitzwalkerStan to Annex Ryangoria - Healthcare Medicaid Medicare

Let's see - Paul Ryan, Congressman from Wisconsin, wants to transform Medicaid into a block grant (to states) and transform Medicare into some sort of (fixed) payment to private insurers.  And you, Joe Public, will have to spend hours if not weeks figuring out what is best for you just like you now do for Medicare - Part D.  The "D(irty trick)" stands for the famous donut ("black") hole created by a previous Republican dominated Congress.

Just a little time back Governor Walker said he wanted more flexibility  with Medicaid, like block grants would be nice.  Do you think it is the Wisconsin version of "Group Think?"  More likely it is the way ALEC thinks (American Legislative Exchange Council) now famous for Governor Walker's Budget Repair ideas to destroy "collective bargaining".  Wisconsin State Senator Scott Fitzgerald has been a member of ALEC for most of his political career.


If you want to watch them watching you - American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 
 from the source -

In December, 2009, Raw Story and ThinkProgress.org reported that BCBS Association had been quietly working with the ALEC to draft a resolution that would use the issue of state's rights to make health care reform (and regulation of the insurance industry) unconstitutional. ALEC drafted and distributed model legislation in the form of a resolution, that would effectively make both a federally-created health insurance exchange and a public health insurance option illegal under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees certain non-specific rights to the states. Joan Gardner, a senior executive at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, (BCBS' lobbying group) admitted playing a key role in crafting the resolution. Christie Herrera, who directs a health task force at ALEC, reports that insurance industry lobbyists have been working with ALEC to promote it to legislators. The resolution, and amendments closely related to it, have already been introduced in at least half a dozen states. ALEC has been working behind the scenes for months to advance the idea that proposals put forth by President Obama and the Democrats to regulate the insurance industry and enact a public option, violate states' rights.^[31][32]

The NY Times has a piece going over the GOP / Ryan Ideas :
G.O.P. Blueprint Would Remake Health Policy By ROBERT PEAR Published: April 4, 2011 NY times 

Given the constituency of Medicaid, 50% children, Ryan might be able to pull it off, especially in Wisconsin, since the Governor and Republican controlled legislature has made it more difficult for people to vote - especially (grand parents) older people and kids transitioning to voting age!


WI 1848 Forward: v1 #FitzwalkerStan to Annex #Ryan -goria : #Healthcare #Medicaid #Medicare : #AARP #47% vs #1% #Elites