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Monday, February 21, 2011

'This Is What Democracy Looks Like' in Wisconsin, as Largest Crowd Yet—80,000—Opposes Union Busting

John Nichols | February 20, 2011



“When we fight, we win. We fight in Montgomery, we win. We fight in Selma, we win,” the veteran of the civil rights struggle tells union members and their supporters. “We march in Madison, Wisconsin, we win.”
Wisconsin teachers, state, county and municipal employees, small business owners and students have employed the right to peaceably assembly and to petition for the redress of grievances. And this small "d" democratic strategy is working. Legislators are slowing down the rush to enact anti-labor legislation. This is what democracy looks like. And this is what the founders meant when their wrote the First Amendment.

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    The next big thing in government - using tech to save the budget. Wisconsin, other states and Congress could use this simple plan to cut back on cost of office space instead of furloughs and shutdowns and large pay cuts.

    We can no longer afford to let all white-collar workers that still have jobs work banker's hours when we can work two shifts per day in government and private industry and cut our overhead costs in half. This simple paradigm shifts solves three problems: It jumpstarts economy and fights poverty, cuts pollution, reduces budget deficits.
    Most office space is very expensive yet white collar workers only us it 40 hours per week even though we pay for 168 hours per month (7 days times 24 hours). Office space costs up to $50,000 per year for each employee yet we only use space 30% of time. 30% efficiency is completely unacceptable in today's economic and ecological environment. This could be one answer to the health care mess, global warming which actually should be called over-pollution, unemployment, empty buildings and state budget shortfalls. In Wisconsin this plan could save at least $10,000 per employee times 175,000 state employees. The would add up to almost $2 billion per year. With over 2 million employees, the federal government could save over $20 billon per year with very little up from costs

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