Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Admits Busting Unions Doesn’t Save Money

Congressman Dennis Kucinich got Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to admit that taking away rights from unions does not save the state any money. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was looking into municipal debt and the tough choices that have to be made.

At one point, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) confronted Walker about his crackdown on public employee unions. The congressman referenced a provision Walker signed into law that would require union members to vote every year to continue their membership. Kucinich asked the governor how much money the state would save from the provision. Walker repeatedly dodged the question and eventually admitted that it actually wouldn’t save anything at all…

KUCINICH: Let me ask you about some of the specific provisions in your proposals to strip collective bargaining rights. First, your proposal would require unions to hold annual votes to continue representing their own members. Can you please explain to me and members of this committee how much money this provision saves for your state budget?

WALKER: That and a number of other provisions we put in because if you’re going to ask, if you’re going to put in place a change like that, we wanted to make sure we protected the workers of our state, so they got value out of that. […]

KUCINICH: Would you answer the question? How much money does it save, Governor?

WALKER: It doesn’t save any. […]

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.