![]() ![]() They did, however, take the Time to vote down defined contribution pension reform.Again, there are 24 states with Republican governors and legislatures. North Dakota has been in the news for its shale oil and fracking, neither accomplished by the legislature. Ditto North Dakota, where 69 of 94 House members and 34 of 47 senators are Republican. Have you even heard of a Scott Walker/Bobby Jindal-sized reform from South Dakota? They should be passing Reaganite legislation every day with the ease of falling out of bed. ![]() In South Dakota, the Republicans hold 51 out of 70 seats in the house and 30 out of 35 in the senate. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell failed to persuade his legislature to privatize the staterun liquor stores. Florida’s legislature refused to pass Paycheck Protection, which would allow workers to opt out of the portion of forcibly collected union dues that are used for politics. Indiana also expanded school choice (by the third year of the program, there will be no cap on enrollment) and attached a scholarship of $4,500 that each student can take to any school of his choice.īut Alabama’s legislature refused to expand the number of charter schools from the present generous limit of zero. Indiana passed Right to Work, becoming the 23rd state to give workers the right to decide not to join a union. There will be no more unfunded liabilities created each time a teacher or fireman is hired. Utah passed legislation that requires every state or local government worker hired after July 1, 2011, to have a defined contribution pension-10 percent of salary (on top of the worker’s pay) automatically put into a 401(k) account (12 percent for police and firemen). IT IS TRUE that many red states have passed reforms only whispered about in 1980 or 1994. Why are we not reading about the groundbreaking Reaganite agendas passing in 24 states? Why are we not hearing the howls of the labor union bosses and trial lawyers in two dozen states? In theory, in two dozen states for 2011 and most of 2012, if the Republican governor, house speaker, and senate leader could agree on any particular reform, it would be the law of the land now. ![]() They are only two of 24 Republican governors who enjoy the company of Republican-controlled state legislatures. ![]() The governor of Louisiana, elected in 2007 and re-elected last year, has helped usher Republican majorities into the state house and senate signed legislation that gives more than half of the state’s students (380,000 out of 700,000 total) a voucher for the amount the state government spends per pupil signed a strict ethics law and moved government worker pensions to a blend of defined contribution and defined benefit.īut Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal are only two of 29 Republican governors. IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, the governor of Wisconsin has reformed public sector unions so that they can no longer withhold union dues from every worker’s paycheck ended teacher tenure required government employee unions to be recertified each year signed legislation that made Wisconsin the 41st state with “shall issue” concealed carry cut over $800 million from the state budget and expanded parental choice in education by removing the 22,500-student cap on the Milwaukee Parental Choice program and extending the program to include the city of Racine. ![]()
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