At least one Wisconsin citizen has Scott Walker's number

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Walker is ‘pro-birth,’ not pro-life
Letter to the editor
By Gary Fergot, October 27, 2014

The recent attack ads by the Gov. Scott Walker campaign complain that Mary Burke incorporated portions of other people’s job plans into her position papers without giving credit.

This is remarkable, considering that the Walker agenda was laid out by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

The corporations and conservative groups that fund ALEC write the legislation, give advice on how to pass the legislation and then reward politicians with campaign money — a practice known as “pay to play.” Multiple Republican-controlled states had identical legislative proposals, including the same grammatical errors.

I would rather have my legislation developed in Wisconsin with feedback and input from Wisconsin voters, as opposed to written by ALEC and sponsored by the Waltons, British Petroleum, Chevron, Shell, Exxon-Mobil, PhRMA, Bayer and Koch Industries.

The other issue is Walker’s claim to be “pro-life.” His claim should be he is “pro-birth.” His lack of concern for the child after birth is evident in his actions.

His refusal to expand Medicaid and his opposition to Obamacare is political, not “pro-life.” As Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman wrote recently, “Obamacare means a huge improvement in the quality of life for tens of millions of Americans.”

Walker’s economic policies reward his rich donors and shift costs to many families who have not seen income increases.

As a wise Roman Catholic great-grandmother once told me, “The Republican motto should be, ‘Love the fetus — forget the child.’”
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