Wisconsin Democrats are still smarting from the 2014 gubernatorial campaign in which gullible voters were persuaded by “plagiarism” charges against Mary Burke, who had hired a consultant to write her jobs plan – and then had the temerity to call it “her” plan. Apparently there aren’t enough freelancers and contractors in the state anymore who understand what “work for hire” means. And Democrats did little to answer those blatantly made-up charges.
That makes it all the more interesting that Chris Kapenga claims to be the “author” of Wisconsin’s nefarious “right to work” bill, recently signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker, who made solemn oaths to various union presidents in the state that he would never, never sign such a bill. Kapenga, a Wisconsin state legislator, is now running for the State Senate seat being vacated by Paul Farrow. The special election will be held Tuesday.
Kapenga’s claim to be the “author” of the bill in the campaign literature being distributed all over the 33rd senate district by his paid minions is completely false, since the bill, as everyone who’s not in a permanent state of right-wing fuzzy-mindedness knows, was authored by ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), an Arlington, VA, Koch-supported organization that provided identical bills to Michigan (where it passed), Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and West Virginia, according to the NYT.
C’mon, wing-nuts, play fair! Claiming to be the author of that is clearly plagiarism, dude!
I expect to see conservative blogs and twitter feeds all over the state lighting up with complaints about Kapenga’s phony authorship claim. We know how dedicated they are to keeping their candidates on the straight and narrow path.
Of course, calling the bill “right to work” is as phony as Kapenga’s authorship claim. It’s not a right to work bill, it’s a “right” to make a whole lot less money bill. The oligarchs in Wisco have all the rights these days. Under our glorious governator, who promised growth in “family-supporting” jobs, companies have the “right” to pay as little as they can get away with. And “family supporting” to Scott Walker means “you better support your family on that $8.25 an hour, cause we’re cutting your food stamps too.”
No wonder people are calling it Wississippi.