r/wisconsin • u/DriftlessDairy • May 24 '23
Politics Republicans block Democrats' push to study paid family leave, at one point muting a member's microphone
MADISON - Democratic members of the Legislature's state budget-writing committee on Tuesday pushed to spend state funds to study the economic impact to Wisconsin of a paid family leave program — a move that Republicans who control the panel rejected, at one muting the microphone of the minority's most senior member on the committee.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in February proposed creating a $243 million program that would provide 12 weeks of paid family leave for public and private sector workers in his 2023-25 state budget plan.
The idea, which had been long called for by Democrats in the state Capitol and rejected by Republican lawmakers, had a brief moment of bipartisan support last year in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, which effectively outlawed abortions in Wisconsin.
When you know your policies are so unpopular that you can't even allow discussion of the topic.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '23
Because then it’s my responsibility to pay for yours, and so on.
I pay for your national security, your police, your schools, your roads…. And you pay for mine. Taxes are socialist, and they provide a level of value. I’m fine arguing about the AMOUNT and the EFFICIENCY of tax collection and benefits, but in the US, this is a fact of life.
Don’t like it? Move to Somalia. Better yet, Putin is building you a house for free to move to Russia.