At a fundraising event in New York, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) likened his push to cut down on collective-bargaining rights for public sector employees to the late President Ronald Reagan’s fight with federal air-traffic controllers in the early 1980s.
The potential 2016 presidential candidate Walker, speaking at a breakfast of major Republican donors Thursday in Manhattan, argued that his push to roll back the collective bargaining rights of public service employees in Wisconsin was in the same vein as Reagan’s fight with air traffic controllers during their strike in the early 1980s, according to The Washington Post.
According to several attendees cited anonymously by the Post, Walker argued that Reagan’s fight with the air was a way of showing strength to the Soviet Union.
The Post report on the lunch did not provide a direct quote of Walker’s remarks.
Walker has regularly highlighted his fight with public sector employees. He’s argued that his victory in curbing collective bargaining rights shows he can stand up to big government unions.
He is rather like Reagan in that he wants to continue to decimate the middle class, weaken workers rights by destroying unions, as well as privatize and make a market out of everything. What I can’t fathom is why any middle class American would support him.
You can’t “compare” to non-separate things. Walker’s behavior is nothing more than a continuation of Reagan’s behavior. It is the same thing, all part of the same plan and attack, not a separate thing.
Gee, I don’t get it. Why is Scott Walker traveling to New York City to attend fancy dinners with plutocrats? It was only a few months ago when Scott Walker swore to the state of Wisconsin that he was not going to run for President. Hmmm…
Anyway, if Walker is done playing make-believe in Manhattan, maybe it’s time he get back to Wisconsin and do his job. Our state is facing a pretty serious budget crisis and a lot of difficult choices that could possibly use his attention.
“Walker argued that Reagan’s fight with the air was a way of showing strength to the Soviet Union.”
Boy, the top military brass are going to have fun with Walkers foreign policy naivete. Let the ‘Pentagon Primary’ begin.
I dunno, he kind of reminds me of Rick Santorum.
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