Complete Survey Results

Over the course of several newsletters, the RPSC conducted a survey of current political events at the state level to get the pulse of Sheboygan County Republicans on these issues. 125 email newsletter participants responded to the survey. The results to our four questions were:

    1. Do you believe that teachers, police officers, and road builders should be forced to pay union dues if they want to work in those professions?

              Yes                No                Don't Know
               6                 118                     1

Comments:

• They should pay dues only if they choose to be union members.
• It is an individual choice, not a forced demand made by the unions.
• We believe that teachers, police officers, and road builders in the public sector should not have unions.
• They should have the right to "choose" whether or not to participate in their union...and pay union dues.
• NOW is the time to start the process, making Wi a Right To Work State!
• I've been a public employee for 31 years and think the governor is donig the right thing.
• I spent 10 years in the union as a carpenter and almost every union meeting I went to they would talk about how much more we were trying to get from the employer at the next contract. I got real tired of hearing this as I have been an employer as well.

    2. Do you believe that the intent of the Wisconsin Constitution was for there to be recalls because a group did not agree with a law that was legally debated, enacted by the legislature, and signed by the governor?

              Yes                No                Don't Know
               6                 115                     3

Comments:

• A group or individual should only be able to request and be allowed to start a recall if they have proven misconduct in office of the person they are attempting to recall.
• It was for elected official committing a felony or other 'crime' (embezzlement, not holding up the ste constitution, etc.) against the citizens of this state. Not simply based on a disagreement of policy.
• I see a recall as a method of last resort for voters to change their minds. I don't support the effort to recall Walker, but I support the concept of recalls.
• Recalls should be used only for removing a public official from office after being found guilty of a crime or malfeasance in office.
• Why bother to vote then if everyone will get recalled.
• Definitely not! There is always a group who disagrees with certain laws. We would be in a perpetual recall state.
• Total waste of time and money by union thugs.
• I think they are uneducated idiots. I go to college at UW Whitewater and 80% of people who sign the petition and say things about Gov. Walker have NO IDEA what they are talking about.
• The recall is ridiculous! If we are unhappy with the election, you vote them out at the next election. It is expensive and lacks common sense.

    3. Is collective bargaining a constitutional right?

              Yes                No                Don't Know
               2                 119                     3

Comments:

• The Feds don't do it, why should the states.
• No. Only life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are constitutional rights.
• It is a privilege. Where does it state in the constitution that this is a right?
• Absolutely not!
• I believe that collective bargaining was a privilege granted to public sector workers through legislation. Like any other law that the legislature enacts, it can also be repealed or taken away.
• It's a privilege, not a right!
• NO. However, the Unions feel that they've had these "rights" for decades and they should never be changed for the worse, only improved.
• Collective bargaining is between the employees and employers. I have a problem with collective bargaining being so powerful between the gov't and gov't employees as it seems to increase gov't spending beyond what taxpayers can afford.

    4. Did Governor Walker and the legislature enact a balanced budget without help from stimulus or accounting gimmicks?

              Yes                No                Don't Know
              116                3                       6

Comments:

• By getting public employees to share in part of their unsustainable benefits, Gov. Walker put Wisconsin back on the track to be in the black instead of the red.
• The gimmicks were implemented during the Diamond Doyle age...8 years of ransacking accounts.
• Way to go Scott Walker! I am proud of his leadership.
• Absolutely!! Unlike the last Doyle administration, this administration didn't use federal stimulus money, didn't steal from the Transportation Fund or the Patient Compensation Fund...and didn't increase taxes!!
• He is doing a wonderful job. I support you all the way!
• I totally support Gov. Walker. Please make sure those signatures are checked.