Wisconsin Governor trying to Balance State Budget

 I think it's a good thing that the governor is trying to do what he said he would do. He's trying to Balance the State Budget. How? He's trying to get public employees to pay part of their pension and pay only 12.6% of their healthcare costs. Why? So, he can balance the budget and help save 6000 public employee jobs.
 In my opinion, what he's trying to do is a good thing. I don't have anything against public employees and I realize they may have gotten used to their lifestyle that the high income they have afforded them. For example, do you know how much teachers and other public employees make? They make more than people without a job. Right?
 Why don't we just let the Governor do something responsible? Like balancing a budget and try to save 6000 jobs. If the people that are protesting get their way, then that's going to be even harder on the economy to recover because that'll be 6000 more people looking for jobs.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, trying to close a $3.6 billion budget gap, fired back on Friday at President Obama, who accused the Republican governor of unleashing "an assault" on unions by pressing cost-saving legislation that would end collective bargaining rights for unionized public employees and sharply increase their health care and pension payments.

...The Wisconsin State Assembly, meanwhile, was poised to vote Friday morning on the bill that would force public workers to pay half the costs of their pensions and at least 12.6 percent of their health care coverage. It's projected to save the state $300 million over the next two years

..."I think everybody's got to make some adjustments, but I think it's also important to recognize that public employees make enormous contributions to our states and our citizens," he continued.

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At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Walker said he's willing to talk to the senators who want to force Walker and GOP lawmakers to negotiate revisions to the bill.
"I'm going to tell them they get paid to come to work, and they should be coming to work," he told reporters.