Barrett, Walker: Where They Stand on Key Issues in Recall Race
Here's a look at what the two gubernatorial candidates have said about top issues, including collective bargaining, education, jobs and more.
Before you head to the polls in Tuesday's gubernatorial recall election, take one last look at where Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, stand on the key issues facing Wisconsin. The match that lit the fuse and sent this state into a seemingly never-ending political season that split Wisconsin in two, collective bargaining is what the recall used to be about. In February 2011, Walker announced he would help tame and trim the state's $3.6 billion deficit by taking most collective bargaining rights away from public workers, including the state's teachers, he instantly became one of the most loved and hated men in the state. Doing so made protests — and counter-protests — in Madison and …
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10:03 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
I’m an independent, who until recently, leaned conservative. I have become alarmed at the extent anonymous money and powerful financial interests have taken control of our polity and politics. After the Citizen’s United decision our elections are now for sale, and the purchasers of the election don’t even have to reveal their names. I believe certain billionaires and banksters bled the economy … more ›