Wis. troopers sent to find Democrats, no one home

EnglishLady · Feb 24, 2011

AP Feb 24

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin state troopers were dispatched Thursday to try to find at least one of the 14 Senate Democrats who have been on the run for eight days to delay a vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to strip collective bargaining rights from nearly all public employees

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greg334 · Feb 24, 2011

Actually it is very funny because it is rather really stupid action of adults when you think about it.

The bill is on the slate to be voted on regardless, it just doesn't go way so unless they are willing to sit out their entire term out of state or resign, they have to return at some point and vote on it.

Most of their actions are based on the idea to give the 'protesters' time to get the public rallied behind the unions and to have the public help fight the governor but I think that the public is already tired of all of it because of the actions of the union. The people of Wishconsia need to deal with those idiot democrats in the next election.

In the mean time, maybe they just need to start firing people to balance the budget.

LDB · Feb 24, 2011

All those democrats should have recall petitions working in their districts. They shouldn't be able to be elected dog catcher after this. They might have married parents on their birth certificates but they are still you know whats. The lousy bums.

aristotle · Feb 24, 2011

Is anyone else seeing a pattern with "Run Away" Democrats? Imagine if Barack Obama fled the country rather than fulfill his sworn constitutional duties. You gotta know new legislation is being crafted to prevent this nonsense from happening in the future. These runaways make a mockery of good government. Hopefully, the voters will remember.

simdog20 · Feb 24, 2011

sounds like a waist of taxpayer money to me to go looking for them. close the schools stop picking up garbage plowing streets send everybody home including the governor without pay or benefits till u not in debt. than stop spending more than u make so we aint gotta keep doing this.

greg334 · Feb 24, 2011

aristotle said:
Is anyone else seeing a pattern with "Run Away" Democrats? Imagine if Barack Obama fled the country rather than fulfill his sworn constitutional duties.

I think he was gone before he was sworn in.

dieseldiva · Feb 24, 2011

greg334 said:
I think he was gone before he was sworn in.

Isn't the question whether or not he was ever really there??

Pilgrim · Feb 24, 2011

This is usually the case with an empty suit.

layoutshooter · Feb 25, 2011

simdog20 said:
sounds like a waist of taxpayer money to me to go looking for them. close the schools stop picking up garbage plowing streets send everybody home including the governor without pay or benefits till u not in debt. than stop spending more than u make so we aint gotta keep doing this.

So you don't believe that state employees should be paying their fair share of pensions and health care costs? Why not? Can wages and benefits continue to rise when the tax revenues are falling? How can state employees get a raise when their employers, us the taxpayers are not? Please explain the math.