PEORIA -- To counter the many lies -- lies? let's tell it straight! -- in the mainstream media about the Wisconsin revolt against corporate greed, here are stories that tell the truth -- the documented truth, about what is really happening there:
The governor and his friends: high pay for cronies, tax cuts for corporations:
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12372
Koch brothers funding governor.
http://www.alternet.org/story/149965/wisconsin_is_a_battleground_against_the_billionaire_kochs%27_plan_to_break_labor%27s_back?page=entire
http://www.truth-out.org/scott-walker-runs-koch-money67916
New York Times agrees. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/us/22koch.html?src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB
Wisconsin government workers make less than others in Wisconsin:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_d4093848-3c92-11e0-ac18-001cc4c03286.html
The right wing game plan:
http://www.truth-out.org/what-conservatives-really-want67907
Spliting the working people in the US (divide and conquer):
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/5003-the-republican-strategy
Labor's last stand: http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/52-52/5000-labors-last-stand
And while we're at it, lies about Social Security and the deficit:
http://www.alternet.org/story/149967/why_are_some_pundits_and_politicans_hell-bent_on_underminig_social_security%2C_in_spite_of_its_success_and_strength?akid=6550.40608.owcoTT&rd=1&t=18
Yes, the links above are an eye-full. Read them and weep for our supposed democracy. On the other hand, this information is not secret. People who know it must tell others and vote accordingly. Otherwise we're all Wisconsin. Or worse.
Working people did not cause the Great Recession, Wall Street did, yet it's never been more prosperous, while employees everywhere are paying the price.
Everytime you hear talk about deficits, ask about taxing the rich! That's the real solution to fiscal problems in the USA. If the Tea Party had any brains they would seize on this issue. Oh, I forgot -- they're funded by the corporate rich, who want to steal from the rest of us. That leaves the rest of us to stand up and demand change!
-- Elaine Hopkins
Update, 2/21/2011: Watch out for disinformation campaigns, dirty tricks:
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/480448/tea_party_leader_hatches_diabolical_plan_to_infiltrate_and_embarrass_union_protesters_in_wi_and_other_states/#paragraph2
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