yesterday, Governor Walker of Wisconsin responded to the statements made by president obama in his speech to the national governors association meeting in DC. Obama had criticized taking away workers' collective bargaining rights and making them scapegoats. Walker's response came in a statement his office released after the meeting. It is so good, that I will just reproduce it here:
"I'm sure the President knows that most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for wages and benefits while our plan allows it for base pay. And I'm sure the President knows that the average federal worker pays twice as much for health insurance as what we are asking for in Wisconsin. At least I would hope he knows these facts.
"Furthermore, I'm sure the President knows that we have repeatedly praised the more than 300,000 government workers who come to work every day in Wisconsin.
"I'm sure that President Obama simply misunderstands the issues in Wisconsin, and isn't acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another."
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