Walker says that he wants to cooperate but then when he gets his first chance to unfairly attack others for his own political gain he doesn't hesitate. It has been reported in recent days that the UW regents are considering a 5.5% increase in tuition. Obviously that is not desirable but to have Scott Walker, the person that heavily and repeatedly cut education, reportedly complaining about it requires an epic level of hypocrisy.
- Scott Walker's own budget cut the UW System by a full $250 million over the biennium
- Walker's own budget anticipated an increase in tuition by 5.5%.
- Because of Walker's drastic cuts UW campus officials repeatedly warned last year that tuition increases and other issues are "only going to get worse".
- His budget had already increased tuition fees at University of Wisconsin campuses by more than $105 million over two years.
- As if Walker's original budget cuts to the UW System were not enough, he continued to disproportionately hit them through budget "lapses" after his first budget passed.
Walker has been governor for over a year and a half and he is still blaming the Democrat that proceeded him? Even though the Regents are trying to deal with HIS BUDGET CUTS? HIS TUITION INCREASE? Typical Scott Walker...He will continue to blame others for the results of his own radical policies, actions and incompetence.
As I fully expected, Scott Walker is not being real when he talks about "cooperation". In fact he really desperately needs an education...
....about what that word actually means.
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I hope someone is seriously working on ways to game the photo op. Give him a reconiliation present of a sequined orange jumpsuit. After all, he is a rock star.
You missed the more recent, additional cuts to the UW System. The total now exceeds $315 million.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to go to the UW. After Doyle's massive cuts, after Thompson's massive cuts, it's gutted beyond the bone now. We're feeding on the marrow . . . and fewer are feeding by the day, with the loss of faculty and no replacements.
Of course, with six years of no raises for faculty (due to Doyle retracting a promised raise that other UW System workers got), two years of 3%-plus base pay cuts (Doyle, again), and Walker's 10%-plus take-home pay cuts, UW faculty are so far behind that they're easy pickings for campuses elsewhere . . . because Repubs and Dems alike like to ignore the fact that faculty, unlike K12ers, operate in a national job market.
The brain drain from the state is soaring. . . . Population loss exceeding 70,000 now in the last year alone, I saw? We need new signs at the border: "You Now Are Leaving Walker's Wississippi."
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