There is no doubt that the government in the state of Wisconsin is in deep financial debt. There is also no doubt that in order to reduce the size of this huge debt, Governor Walker needs to cut government spending (including the wages and benefits of Wisconsin’s public workers). What is in doubt is the fairness of the Governor’s budget policies, which clearly discriminates against the middle class and the poor.
Consider the following: Although there are many wealthy citizens in Wisconsin who could easily afford to pay luxury taxes on expensive cars, boats, beach-front cottages, etc., Governor Walker has made it clear that they will not be asked to do so. He said, and I quote, “Revenues is off the table!” In other words, sales tax, luxury tax and property tax will not be collected from the wealthiest citizens as means of lessening the deep and painful cuts Governor Walker is inflecting on the middle class and working class workers. Clearly this is an overt act of discrimination: Governor Walker is intentionally placing undue burden on the middle class and the working class by refusing to make the rich class pay their fair share to reduce Wisconsin’s debt.
I suspect that no one who have heard Scott Walkers speeches, or knows his political history is surprise by the level of discrimination he is heaping on the middle class and the working class since he became governor.
The only thing that is surprising to me is the fact that the Democrats/ and or the AFL-CIO hasn’t file a discrimination law suit against Walker in federal court, especial when Walker’s speeches, policies, and history provides an abundance of evidence that confirms this fact and make this case so easy to win!
