LOOK WHAT WISCONSIN IS SAVING BY CORRALLING UNIONS!!! WHY NOT THROUGHOUT AMERICA?

Submitted by: Nancy Battle

THIS is FANTASTIC !!!  Look what happens when unions are not in control!

It's the kind of OVERHAUL the entire United States needs !!!!!

EXAMPLES OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN :

Ashland  School District - saved $378,000 on health insurance;

Kimberly School District - saved $821,000 by dropping WEA Trust Insurance;

Edgerton School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save at least $500,000; 

Baraboo  School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save at least  $660,000; 

Dodgeland School District - dropping WEA Trust, expecting to save  $260,000

Elmbrook School District - changing health care provider, savings  estimated at $878,000; 

Mequon-Thiensville School District - saving $49,000 on  dental insurance coverage;

Marshfield School District - saving $850,00 by  dropping WEA Trust;

City of Sheboygan - Mayor Bob Ryan says collective  bargaining reforms will provide  enough savings to make up for the  reduction in state aid;

Wauwatosa School District - tax levy decreasing, no  programs will be cut, class sizes won't increase, thanks to the reforms in  collective bargaining; 

Manitowoc - Laid-off city workers may get their jobs back due to the wage/benefit reforms contained in Walker 's budget. Changes to overtime rules saving the 
        county $100,000;

Pittsville - will see a 9%  decrease in the school portion of their property tax levy. "This is the first  year we have not needed to short-term borrow," 
        stated Board President  Strenn;

Appleton School District - will save $3.1 million just in health  insurance costs due to being able to bid out the coverage and being able to  drop WEA Trust; 

Racine County - inmates can now be used to perform tasks such as landscaping, painting and shoveling sidewalks. Executive Ladwig states  this is a win/win for 
        the inmates and the county. It frees up county  employees for other tasks, gives the inmates a sense of value, and helps the  county maintain 
        property that has been neglected."

Kaukauna School  District - hiring additional teachers, reducing class sizes, enacting a merit  pay system, and due to Walker's Budget Bill,

Kaukauna's operating budget has  moved from a negative $400,000 to a positive $1,500,000. Much of this savings  was due to being able to drop WEA Trust. 

Hartland School District -  switched from WEA Trust and saved $690,000;

Hudson School District - saved $832,000 on health insurance due to ability to bid the insurance. 

KSTP did a study of the savings in Sheila Harsdorf's 10th Senate District. They found  that Ellsworth, Prescott , Menomonie, Somerset and Hudson school 
        districts are  all reporting large savings due to the changes signed into law by  Walker .

Keep in mind, WEA TRUST is a union insurance company, a company  that has obviously been ripping off the school districts for years, thanks  
        to collective bargaining that prohibited school districts from seeking  insurance coverage from any company other than WEA Trust. How much tax  money would Wisconson have saved if school districts had been "allowed by the unions" to bid out their insurance over the years? I'd say probably many, many, many millions statewide. It's the union money train running off the tracks, finally, and Shelly and her union don't like it. 

WANT MORE GOOD  NEWS??

Walker just signed an Unemployment Insurance extension adding 13  weeks of UC benefits.

Passed a state budget on time, without tax increases, that leaves WI in the black for the first time in over 10  years.

Turned a $3 billion deficit into a $300 million  surplus. 

Cut bonding by nearly 20%.

Cut more than 1,000 government jobs, including 735 long-term vacancies. 

In the first 6 months of 2011 WI showed job growth more than twice the national rate.

Protected our votes  by requiring a picture I.D. at the polls. 

Became the 49th state to  recognize our 2nd Amendment right to carry concealed weapons.

Paid off WI's $60 million debt to MN under the former tax reciprocity agreement.

Paid back over $200 million to the Injured Patients and Families Fund. This is money that Gov. Doyle unconstitutionally raided from the  Patients' Compensation 
        Fund.

Walker expanded the prohibition against tax money being used to subsidize abortion. 

Regards,  Paul A. Kramer 

Manager-Skilled Trades Division. Superior Resource Group Inc. 126 N. Madison St. Green Bay WI. 54301