Why GOP Governors Want to Break the Unions

There is nothing altruistic about it.  Although Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker claims that the state is in crisis and needs the money it stands to gain from this action, he neglects to explain that the previous Democratic governor left office with a surplus in the state treasury.  In less than two months in office, Walker has burned through the surplus left by the previous governor.  He has also created a budget shortfall by giving out tax cuts to the wealthy.  Had he not given out those tax cuts, there would be no shortfall.  So, why is he is blaming public employees unions for the budget shortfall?  Because the Democrats out raised the Republicans in 2006 and 2008 campaign contributions and the big three public employee unions were the biggest donor groups to the Democrats.  And the Democrats won those two years.  By eliminating public employees’ collective bargaining rights, you eliminate the unions or at the very least, the large amounts of money that they have available to donate to Democrats.  The GOP will continue to rake in obscene amounts of money in corporate donations.  Without the union money, the Democrats will not win.  That is why GOP governors Florida, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and are elbowing their way down this path.