Wednesday, May 16, 2012

50-43 Wisconsin voters want to keep Walker's union reforms

Wisconsin voters want to preserve Walker's public sector union reforms that sparked a wave of protests last year and triggered the recall. - Philip Klein/Washington Examiner

As governors around the nation try to grapple with the stranglehold public sector unions have over state budgets, the Wisconsin experience is a crucial. Walker stood firm, the reforms went into effect, none of the dire predictions of opponents came true and now independents overwhelmingly want to keep them.