Thank You Wisconsin

Now we know what happens when a Scott Walker wins, principally by outspending Mr. Barrett 8 to 1.
At least the rest of us can take heart in the fact that the democratic opponent was difficult to beat. I guess the Republicans had the money, but it took spending a boatload of it for them to actually win.
Sad for the remainder of us too, that now must listen to these love of European-type austerity
depression politicians talk about what brave, outstanding public servants they are for cutting social
programs.
Mitt Romney, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, and the like, will  all be slapping each other on the back with so much gusto the noise will keep me up nights.
A little old lady about to take a bite of a sandwich will have it snatched out of her hand by Mr.Ryan, who will replace it with a spoon of dog food...the on sale brand. And Ryan will be So proud of himself.
A child whose fever won't break will be kicked out of an E.R. with some substitute for medicine, like a bag of ice.
Mr. Romney will be grinning when he forecloses on the home of a young vet, while he shows him the way to the old rental buildings his new "capital" corporation is land lording..
Banks will continue to believe it doesn't matter how they make money, or who gets trashed by their
practices, as long as they can claim it is capitalism. But I thought when everyone in a country brought home about the same amount of money every week, that was communism.
If only 1% of a population has economic autonomy, how is that democracy?  We were taught in school that a representative democracy could never resemble a communist form of government, and that is why we must protect it.
Well, we are slip-sliding into some sort of hegemonic dictatorial rule of the billionaires. How is that any different than communism for the average working citizen?
We know now that in Wisconsin, at least, the vote can be bought. In 2000, and 2004, we learned the vote could be illegally certified twice in Florida, and in 2004 in Ohio.
What I want to know, is: what can we do about it?  Is every state in this union really supposed to be
Mississippi?  Right to work is right to be exploited. I guess that is what half of Wisconsin wants.
Maybe half of that state is already retired, and believe their pensions are safe. Wasn't that what we
all believed about pensions in the fall of 2008? Oh my were we Wrong.
These voters must be the citizens who can answer that question- "What's The Matter With Kansas?"
I guess Wisconsin could care less about the jobs in their state which go to teachers, policemen, firefighters, nurses, etc.
So when those jobs, pay scales, benefits, and safety and quality of work issues get stomped in the public sector, I hope all prescient citizens realize the private sector won't be far behind. Private employers will not be any more inclined to pay more or spend more on benes than any other employer group.
And unless you are one of their stockholders (where would you get the cash) don't count on any of their increased profits trickling into your family budget. Nothing they control trickles. They make
great strides to stop things from trickling, as do all humans. (Well, we can do nothing about mountain
streams.)
Working people will get what they always got before they organized. A hard way to go, and a short
time to make it there.
For instance, the work week of women and children being shortened to 54 hours per week ... not until
circa 1913, in New York state and that was not done by employers. Surprised?  I wonder now when that law even began to get enforced!