Dear James, Daniel and Emily
2 days of more than 10,000 protesters
As the people of Wisconsin are finally waking up to the fact that the Republican solution to the budget mess brought on by their own attempts to repeal the laws of math is to balance the budget at the cost of those who can least afford it. Of course these people aren't 50 tea baggers carrying misspelled signs and protesting the President's citizenship so it's not front page news.
Any way, I can only hope and fear to some extent that this is the result of people realizing that when you keep electing politicians who think the only solution to any budget problem is cut programs, instead of raising taxes and asking those who can afford it to pay their share to do so. I don't know what the final result of these proitests will be, but I can hope this is a sign of the people who have been really feeling the effects of this economy realizing that we do live in a democracy and that it is up to them to hold the government accountable.
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