Mark E AndersenFollowforDaily Kos Labor
With the end of collective bargaining, for now, in Wisconsin; state employees don't have the powerful voice they once had. While unions and employees scramble to figure out this new world the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a report, that Democratic legislators requested, on Sept, 22nd.
The report clearly shows that Walker's budget bill does exactly what we on the left said it would. Raise costs on those that can least afford it,
[...] a state worker earning $25,000 a year will see their total pension and health care costs increase from 4.5 percent of their salary to 11.3 percent, which amounts to $2,828 a year [...]a worker earning $50,000 a year will see their share increase from 2.3 percent to 8.5 percent and workers earning $100,000 will see their cost increase from 1.1 percent to 6.7 percent, or $8,428 a year.
So the person who earns the least will see basically what amounts to a 6.8% pay cut. My representative, Terese Berceau (D- Madison) had this to say,
"It's completely inequitable that a middle class worker making $25,000 a year takes almost twice the effective pay cut of an employee making $125,000."
The table below shows how much of an inequity there is between the haves, the sorta haves and the have nots. The table below shows only healthcare contributions so this is even worse when you add in pension contributions.
It is not only inequitable it is statement on Republican economic policies. Tax cuts for the rich and everyone else pays. Note to any Republican/tea bagger types reading this...you will never be rich. Every time you vote for a Republican you are slitting your own throat.
The full reports are available here and here.
A hat tip to Blue Cheddar for forwarding me the actual reports above.
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