Where is the outrage?

When at a tea party rally one individual has the bad taste to bring a sign that equates Obama to Hitler there is an overwhelming outrage. Tea Partier's are called every nasty name that one can think of; even a few made up names. So where is the outrage at the protesters in Wisconsin who brought signs to the capital suggesting that Scott Walker is equal to Hitler? What about the ones depicting him as equal to the Egyptian leader? 

Where is the outrage? Since equating our leadership to dictators is supposed to be one of the worst things we as Americans' can do, where is the outrage? 

The scary thing is these protesters for the most part do not know what they are protesting. Is Walker trying to outlaw or do away with Unions? No, what he is saying is that they shouldn't be allowed to have collective bargaining at the expense of the tax payers. These protesters are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Because someone told them too. 

When you don't understand why or what you are protesting, how can you protest? 

When protesters start screaming that Walker is trying to hurt the Police and Firefighters, they might want to understand what it is that Governor Walker is attempting to do. He wants to close up Wisconsin's $137 million budget deficit by limiting, not getting rid of, the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions. However, this only would include teachers, highway workers, and prison guards. Walker has already stated that Police and Firefighters would be exempt.

Essentially what Governor Walker is wanting to do is to put a hold on negotiations for retirement benefits, pensions, hours and working conditions. Affected employees would still be able to negotiate over wages.

While some of the larger Wisconsin School Districts are closed because of sick-outs, and staged walk-outs and the Wisconsin Democratic Party is Missing in Action, all of the heat is on Walker, he is the bad guy, he is the evil one. For wanting to balance the budget, to curb out of control spending. The outrage is directed via the mainstream media at him, yet they don't know really what they are outraged about.

The biggest issue of this whole bill is the idea that state workers will now be allowed to opt out of joining Unions. If you are currently in a Union and a State employee in Wisconsin with passage of Walker's Bill, you will have the freedom to leave the Union, and thus no longer have Union dues directly taken out of your paycheck. For some this could result in a thousand dollar savings a month, which will more than cover the small amount that Walker would like them to contribute to their pensions and their health care.

Private employees, would love a deal like this, yet the outrage is that Walker (Hitler) is trying to destroy Wisconsin. Perhaps, before we march with signs attributing him to Hitler we ought to stop and try to understand that he is wanting to do. Balance the Budget, and give the freedom of choice back to the workers, the choice of whether or not to join a Union.