Anyone following what's going on in Wisconsin?

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Rockhound/Specialist, could one of you fill in the blank to my statement below? To me, this is all that matters in this issue...

Nationally, people pay on average 30% of their health insurance premiums. The governor of Wisconsin is askingh unionized mployees to pay 13% of that cost, which is less than half of the national average. I think that what the governor is asking is unfair because _____________________________.

I'm a very reasonable guy. Please tell us why you think the governor is being unreasonable...

I think that what the governor is asking is unfair because he has recieved these terms and is moving forward with trying to end the teachers union.

You didn't see me say it was unfair to ask them to pay a share, although IMHO the combination of corp. tax cuts and the sudden increase to the teachers could have been handled better...

If he had proposed that that 13% be stepped up over 3 or 4 years, I would say it was pretty fair. but right now, one of the teachers I saw on the news said it was a sudden, $500/mo decrease in his paycheck.