I was astounded that the bill was passed at the Senate level on Wednesday the 10th. It was my understanding that they needed both parties to vote, so that there are twenty votes total. I knew that all 14 Wisconsin Senate Democrats left the state to stop the vote from taking place. So how did the bill get pass? I read an article by Fox News, "Wisconsin Senate GOP Votes to Strip State Workers of Collective Bargaining Rights." It explained how the Senate requires a quorum to take up any measures that spend money, but the Republicans split from the legislation of the proposal to curtail union rights, and a special conference committee of state lawmakers approved that bill a short time later. This is a horrible corrupt uses of the system. I makes me question why this is even possible. How did it come about that out legislative system has such loopholes and how can they be fixed? The problem is that we have to use the system to fix the system. I feel like this would just stem into a cycle of issues, only creating more in the process. This particular loop hole allowed the Republicans to pass a stripped-down version of a misconceived bill 18-1. Now the State Assembly and Gov. Walker can pass and put the bill into effect. What I want to know is what can the people of Wisconsin do about it now? How far are we going to let this go? Is this not a stepping stone? Have we cracked open a door that leads to the loss of more than just union, collective-bargaining, and worker rights? Are our civil rights in danger? Our human rights? What is certain is that the future will come, we will have to face these questions, and it is up to us to decide the answers.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Shame (week 8)
I was astounded that the bill was passed at the Senate level on Wednesday the 10th. It was my understanding that they needed both parties to vote, so that there are twenty votes total. I knew that all 14 Wisconsin Senate Democrats left the state to stop the vote from taking place. So how did the bill get pass? I read an article by Fox News, "Wisconsin Senate GOP Votes to Strip State Workers of Collective Bargaining Rights." It explained how the Senate requires a quorum to take up any measures that spend money, but the Republicans split from the legislation of the proposal to curtail union rights, and a special conference committee of state lawmakers approved that bill a short time later. This is a horrible corrupt uses of the system. I makes me question why this is even possible. How did it come about that out legislative system has such loopholes and how can they be fixed? The problem is that we have to use the system to fix the system. I feel like this would just stem into a cycle of issues, only creating more in the process. This particular loop hole allowed the Republicans to pass a stripped-down version of a misconceived bill 18-1. Now the State Assembly and Gov. Walker can pass and put the bill into effect. What I want to know is what can the people of Wisconsin do about it now? How far are we going to let this go? Is this not a stepping stone? Have we cracked open a door that leads to the loss of more than just union, collective-bargaining, and worker rights? Are our civil rights in danger? Our human rights? What is certain is that the future will come, we will have to face these questions, and it is up to us to decide the answers.
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It seems as if you and I are on the "same page" with this whole budget bill thing. Overall, the system sucks and it's probably only going to get worse. I know that's a really negative way to look at it, but it's true. As you can see, the government moves without really listening to the people yet it was created to represent the people's needs. Since the founding of the this country, things have been slowly getting worse and worse in those respects. It's a very complicated situation that even if we studied it for a lifetime, we probably wouldn't even know how to "fix-it". Maybe there is no way of fixing it. The situation in Wisconsin has simply brought to light how messed up our country is instead of leaving it in the dark. It has always been this way. We're just seeing it clearly now. That's my opinion.
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