# Wis. GOP strips public workers' bargaining rights (not want to...did it) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 10, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119 "2011-03-10T02:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 86
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119/86 "2011-03-10T22:30:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > That’s nice. Do you have a cite where I said that elections do not have consequences, or that the Democrats had no right to try to push health care reform? > > Regards, > Shodan I found the following. “Ram” health care through sounds to me like you do not think it is the normal legislative process at work but something being foisted on the public. > [@Gallup: Public opinion on health-care reform almost unchanged from beginning of August](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallup-public-opinion-on-health-care-reform-almost-unchanged-from-beginning-of-august/509566/5): > > ISTM that Obama has nailed his colors to the mast here. If he can’t get this thru Congress even with a substantial majority in both houses, what hope is there for the rest of his agenda? Or if he does ram it thru, and it turns out to be as unpopular as it seems to be, then the fallout from the [68%](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204313604574330442429438938.html) of Americans who rate their health care as good or excellent and who discover that they will have to pay more (which only 28% are willing to do) and get less. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119)._