employee pay, pensions and healthcare, he wins that hands down. you ask any insider both sides, democrats and republicans tell you that the public is fed up with spending and pension and pay. they want to reign it in. you get to collective bargaining, that s a tougher issue. that s why you re seeing private unions come out and support the union forces. you re seeing firefighters come out and the police officials that wouldn t be covered by the proposal. so this is a tougher fight than it is on pay and benefits for sure. jr ross, from wispolitics.com. really appreciate it. any time. here is how negotiating works. if you want 70, you ask for a00, the other guy says no. you smile, say 70, he agrees. republicans on the hill know this. do democrats? [ doctor ] here s some health information for people over 50.
right now is not about money and not about closing a budget shortfall, it is about implementing a conservative wish list that stretches back long before walker was elected. joining us now, jr ross with wispolitics.com. thanks for joining us. no problem. how you doing. so governor walker s argument is the public sector unions are to blame for the fiscal crisis, they have to be weakened. he has been pitted in a battle against these very same unions for a long time, if i understand correctly. yes. sorry. say that again. governor walker has been pitted in a battle with these very same unions for quite some time as i understand. oh, yeah, i m sorry. go back, scott walker was county executive in milwaukee county for eight years before he became governor, he has been fighting local unions there the whole time he was in office. he was swept into power after a scandal over a pension sweetener deal. came in as conservative trying to reign in public employee costs and public finances in
political results will be if he has overreached or gauged properly sort of where the public is on this issue? if the debate is about public employee pay, pensions and healthcare, he wins that hands down. you ask any insider both sides, democrats and republicans tell you that the public is fed up with spending and pension and pay. they want to reign it in. you get to collective bargaining, that s a tougher issue. that s why you re seeing private unions come out and support the union forces. you re seeing firefighters come out and the police officials that wouldn t be covered by the proposal. so this is a tougher fight than it is on pay and benefits for sure. jr ross, from wispolitics.com. really appreciate it. any time. here is how negotiating
up front. finally real quick, what the political results will be if he has overreached or gauged properly sort of where the public is on this issue? if the debate is about public employee pay, pensions and healthcare, he wins that hands down. you ask any insider both sides, democrats and republicans tell you that the public is fed up with spending and pension and pay. they want to reign it in. you get to collective bargaining, that s a tougher issue. that s why you re seeing private unions come out and support the union forces. you re seeing firefighters come out and the police officials that wouldn t be covered by the proposal. so this is a tougher fight than it is on pay and benefits for sure. jr ross, from wispolitics.com. really appreciate it. any time. here is how negotiating works. if you want 70, you ask for a00,
money wasting no bid contracts. in other words, company a says they will do it for $12, and it is sold to the only bidder. so what s going on in wisconsin right now is not about money and not about closing a budget shortfall, it is about implementing a conservative wish list that stretches back long before walker was elected. joining us now, jr ross with wispolitics.com. thanks for joining us. no problem. how you doing. so governor walker s argument is the public sector unions are to blame for the fiscal crisis, they have to be weakened. he has been pitted in a battle against these very same unions for a long time, if i understand correctly. yes. sorry. say that again. governor walker has been pitted in a battle with these very same unions for quite some time as i understand. oh, yeah, i m sorry. go back, scott walker was county executive in milwaukee county for eight years before he became governor, he has been fighting local unions there the whole