Priorities In Politics: People Or Profits?

A couple of things that caught my eye tonight that really helps show the difference in leadership qualities between Scott Walker and Tom Barrett. The differences lie in their priorities.

Tom Barrett, instead of doing what most politicians are doing, which is asking you for your money to help their campaign, asked nothing for himself. His campaign tweeted that people should be aware of the Haitian Relief Fund benefit which aired tonight. That matches his call for donations to the relief fund on Martin Luther King Day.

Scott Walker on the other hand, hasn't mentioned Haiti that I could see. What I did find is him tweeting about campaigning up north. I also found Cory Liebmann had found Walker thinks that there doesn't need to be "significant change" to our health care system, even though about a half a million people don't even have health care, and those of us that are fortunate enough to have coverage, are often insurance poor due to the fact that our health care costs are among the most expensive in the nation.

Cory also points out Walker's stimulus flip flop #348,802 when he failed to point out that to the people at the Wisconsin Biodiesel Association, which just received a large chunk of stimulus money to create jobs that they weren't real people, and that stimulus money doesn't create new jobs.

So, on one hand, you have Barrett, who is thinking of those less fortunate that we are, and is consistent in his calls for people to help them in whatever way they can. On the other hand, there is Walker, who is willing to through a half a million people to their doom, in order to keep profits up. And he still can't make up his mind on whether the stimulus plan, which is creating jobs, is a good thing or not.

The choice is clear on who would be more likely to look out for the people of Wisconsin as opposed to wealthy campaign donors, and who knows how to do the job effectively and with compassion.

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