save far more ($165M) than this year's budget deficit ($137M)? Do you people think we'll be better off without unions? Sans unions we'd have almost no rights on the job, no workplace safety, much worse pay and benefits, and on and on. Non-union workplaces have to treat employees decently because of the threat of unionization. People died for our labor rights. Ever hear about the Ludlow Massacre, the Pacific Dockworkers Strike, the West VA Coal Wars? Even Ronald Reagan said "One of the most elemental human rights [is] the right to belong to a free trade union." I really don't understand how you were able to twist what Governor Walker stated in a phone interview the other day. My thoughts were that you either didn't understand what you heard the Governor say or you are just a hard core Republican that will twist the truth to reflect a positive image on anyone that represents your political ideology. Either way, you should disqualify yourself from being considered an "unbias" reporter; that you are not. O Contraire! Ezra, he says plenty of things that are not just embarassing, but incriminating. He admits directly that this is about nothing but busting public employee unions. Walker was excited and eager to talk to the fake Koch, was eager to appease the fake Koch (re: baseball bat: "you'll like that"), he asks for coordination from an outside group for his fellow Republicans in Wisconsin as well as those in other states, specifically asking for "messaging"