The Trouble with Vos

The trouble with Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) is that he does not listen to middle-class Wisconsin families. Oh, he say he does. But what he says and what he does are truly two different things. For example, as co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, Vos voted FOR the emergency budget “fiscal” repair bill and AGAINST every single one of 30 budget amendments proposed by Democrats. Time and time again, Vos would roll his eyes, call for a vote, and, table each and every amendment. Check out http://www.wiseye.org/ if you don’t believe me. See for yourself Rep. Vos’s pompous pronouncements and arrogant behavior.

First, as we now know, there was no fiscal emergency that necessitated the destruction of collective bargaining rights for middle-class working families. Remember Gov. Walker’s admission before a congressional committee in Washington, D.C. that NO savings would be associated with elimination of collective bargaining rights for workers? We do. It’s hard to forget. How much money have we saved in the state budget on these “provisions”, Rep. Vos? None. That’s right. Zip. Zero. Nada. Bupkus.




Second, Vos led the charge to take $1.3 billion from Wisconsin public schools, claiming a fiscal emergency. We have no money, Vos would intone again and again. Yet, when it came time to find funding for privatization of schooling in Racine, Vos reached into the pocket of Wisconsin taxpayers without any formal survey of constituents. Instead, Vos tried to justify his little “pork” project by stating undocumented statistics that Racine County’s teen pregnancy rate was 8.6% compared to Racine County’s 9.4% rate. Even if Vos can come up with documentation to back his claim, the difference is a mere 0.8% -- which makes Rep. Vos’s justification statistically invalid. Proving he is deceitful with facts and statistics. He thought he could put one over on Wisconsin citizens. He thought we wouldn’t notice. We did. We will uncover and expose to Wisconsin voters Rep. Vos's “agenda” and his big business backers. We are going to peel away the smelly onion that is known as Rep. Robin Vos (apologies to onion enthusiasts).

Now, Rep. Vos wants to “recall the recalls”. We know why. Angry Wisconsin voters successfully recalled two incumbent Republican senators and replaced them with Democrats who actually, get this – listen to working middle-class families. Republicans know Wisconsinites are angry. So what do they do? They stack the deck with voter suppression legislation and redistricting to protect Republicans from the growing mass of dissatisfied voters. In truth, Vos has only to look at a statistically valid survey to learn that "78% of Wisconsinites overwhelmingly think the recall option in the state constitution is a good thing." The survey was performed by the University of Wisconsin’s UW Badger PollTM #32 released July 13, 2011.

Facts are facts. Rep. Vos continues to ignore facts and the will of Wisconsin voters. That, my friends, is a FACT.