In a brazen display of contempt for democracy, workers rights and basic human compassion, the religiously insane Governor of Wisconsin today signed legislation that banned paid sick leave for employees in Milwaukee County. The fact that the paid sick leave provision had been approved by means of a public referendum held for voters in 2008 did not faze the boss-eyed git, as he regurgitated some Koch-Brothers talking points about 'Wisconsin being open for business yada yada yada'...
The irony that the governor had just come from a prayer-breakfast to sign this piece of legislation that fucks over the poor and the working class has not yet sunk in...Apparently in Scott Walker's world, Jesus wants the sick to suffer AND go broke at the same time...
I sincerely hope that the next time some right-wing knuckle-dragging cheesehead complains about his paycheck being short at the end of the week because he was sick a couple of days, will think twice before voting for a person with an (R) behind their name the next time they find themselves in a voting booth.
With Scott Walker's recall next January a very likely possibility, and the recall of six of his rethuglican state senator accomplices set for this July, Wisconsin may yet manage to pull itself back into the 21st century...and for the decent hard-working folk in that state, I sincerely hope they are successful before he bans paid time at work as well....
Cheers!
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