WI senator has high praise for do-nothing Democrats

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – Thanks for nothing.

No, really, thanks for nothing.

Sen. Glenn Grothman, a staunch fiscal conservative, has nothing but praise for his peers in the Democratic Party who, he says, have done nothing to repeal Wisconsin’s controversial Act 10. The law, signed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, guts collective bargaining for most public employees in the state.

“The press always focuses on disagreements, but the bipartisanship shown in agreeing that Act 10 should not be repealed is an untold story of us working together,” the West Bend Republican said in a statement, written, it would seem, with tongue firmly pressed in cheek.

While Act 10 opponents have sought to overturn the law in court, Grothman thanked Democrats for doing nothing to legislatively topple the act. A review of bills introduced by Dems this year appears to back up Grothman’s assertion, although a couple pieces of legislation would alter some of the terms of Act 10.

By limiting collective bargaining to wages, up to the rate of inflation, and requiring public employees contribute to their state pension plans, Act 10 has saved Badger State local government more than $1 billion, according to some estimates.

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