UNION: Something cheesy in Wisconsin

Guess who can't take yes for an answer? On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Republicans caved in to the wayward Democrats. Yes, you heard me right! After years of public employees receiving larger wage increases than workers in the private sector, Senate Republicans essentially voted to keep the wages of public workers higher than other workers, and at the same time "limited" their increases to the cost of living. This is an ironclad guarantee that these public employees will forever make higher wages than workers in the private sector; they are now frozen at the higher level and will receive increases at the same rate as other workers.

Cute trick huh? So, you might be wondering why the union leadership is still going berserk. Well, think about this - with such a guarantee of wage superiority, public employees suddenly no longer need unions.

PS: I read about this vote on Yahoo and immediately after submitting this response, the article was removed. Hum?

STEVE NOVAK, MBA

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