Yada - Your statement is incorrect Walker is not give millions to corporations he is just letting them keep more of THEIR money.

Organized labor is learning that Wisconsin was the wrong place for them to make their stand - they drew a line in the sand, and the citizens of Wisconsin walked right over it.

I hate to be the one to bring facts into the issue but the PAC dues (which are the ones used for lobbying) are $19.99 per teacher. Those dues are also not mandatory. All a teacher needs to do is send a letter to WEAC asking for that portion of their dues to be returned and they are sent a check. Teachers choosing to not ask for those back doesn't cost a school district squat.

Obama 2012-End Of An Error

All the corporate clowns are here to put their jack-booted thuggery down on the face of the working poor and middle-class. It's all about stealing political power away from the working classes. Crush their associations, crush their unions and crush the working people of the U.S. This is class war corporate communism - plain and simple. Your gang-raping of the wage earning working class won't end until everyone can be exploited in total submission to the plutocracy. People need to wake up. Solidarity!

I have already read the article and also have seen your comment from the article before today. I respect your opinion, but do not agree. I still believe that Walker and the boys did it wrong. They did not have to touch collective bargaining.Rep. Dennis Kucinich(D-Ohio)asked the approriate questions(House Comm. on Oversight and Gov. Reform) that had Walker admit that his union busting does not save any money. Walker did his best to avoid answering the question - bottom line - Walker said it did not save any money. Choice is fine, but coming in and taking it away is all political. Busting unions saves no money and taking away their rights is wrong.

If the democrats do get control of the state again it's back to overspending, higher taxes and more government waste.

Keep spending your monies on union dues and lobbyist.Oh by the way we need a contribution from WEAC to clean up the mess you and your union brothers, lobbyists imports left in Madison.

LibertyBelle,
Walker's public school system is not run by the teachers, it's run by bureaucrats.

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What is really sad is that the unions had to spend money in order to try to maintain their livelihood. It became very clear early this year that the Republicans want to crush unions. Wouldn't you spend money if it could keep you alive? At least the Democrats are open to compromise, because they believe many diverse minds will do more good than many like minds. The unwillingness of most Republicans to compromise, from the U.S. bicameral legislature, through state governments, and all the way down to even our own local school board, leaves an ugly and unbearable scar on the Democratic institution these United States were founded on. I support the cause to uproot ignorance and arrogance from our governing bodies. We don't need fundamentalists trying to run the country, we need people with open minds and great understanding.

It is really sad that public workers are being portrayed as overpaid and underworked by the ReFIBlican party. It is sad to see Walker & the good ole boys using them as the scapegoats as they continue to give millions to large corporations. It is interesting that Walker made police, firefighters, etc exempt from this. Just that fact alone has that funky smell of a corrupt politician. So Very upsetting that Walker even thought of bringing out the National Guard or adding a "troublemaker" to peaceful rallies. It reminds me of the tragedy at Kent State years ago. Walker has taken away the collective bargaining rights of the public employee preventing them from having any real say with their benefits, hours they work, and salary. Plus more money for health insurance and pension. I can look back and remember all of the years that teachers were given less in salary, but instead they negotiated other areas like pension to make up the difference. The public workers should not be the whipping boys in this difficult economy. Large corporations should not be given millions - a shared responsibility by all citizens from all walks of life would be beneficial. It would also be nice if Walker could remind some of the large corporations to bring the jobs back to Wisconsin before they get the big million dollar check - time to remind them to bring all those jobs back to the U.S,

Number 1 lobbying spender, all about getting their special interst group more money. Number 2- home to only place in Wisconsin where you can have a drink and a smoke at the same time in public, legally. Wonder what it going on. Where was this money spent? With the GOP? Probably not

I'm so grateful for Governor Walker and the direction of our state. What a joy to see cities and school districts thriving from this change. I am a believer.

WEAC equals poor public school system run by unions.
Walker equals good public school system run by parents and teachers.

Governor Walker removed a spending cap, but I guess it wasn't the one WEAC wanted. :)

Next steps - merit pay and allowing teachers to opt out of joining the union.

bebe63, with almost 3 to 1 spent in corporate dollars, you should be upset that your businesses can spend that money on promoting a self-serving political agenda. That money would have been put to much better use just giving it back to their workers in the form of better wages and benefits. oh, I forgot -"it's all about community" right???

at $60,000 per, it cost us 42 teachers

WEAC was noumber one but they were crushed by the corporate lobbies nearly 3 to 1 in total dollars. Why wasn't that reported? Oh wait - we're reading fair and balanced corporate news.

Imagine that they still spent 2.5 million to grease the palms of the democrats. Even when they were in charge. I wonder what 2.5 bought them?