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The only governor to survive a recall election explains how conservatism won in a blue state. Heritage Foundation interview.

[T]he governor’s recall election victory sends a clear message that should resonate around the nation: The fiscal cancer devouring state budgets has a cure, and he has found it.- Forbes

Reporting for Wisconsin Reporter (http://www.wisconsinreporter.com), I captured this video of a pro-Walker Marine vet getting in the mix at the Democratic rally with Bill Clinton for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett June 1. – Dustin Hurst

Students of democracy from Alexis de Tocqueville to Mancur Olson have pointed out that the greatest threat to self-government comes from the tendency of democracies to become barnacled with special interests that vote themselves more benefits than society can afford. This is the crisis of the modern entitlement state, which is unfolding from California to Illinois, Greece, Italy and even Washington. – WSJ

When Walker became Governor Wisconsin was over three and a half BILLION in the hole and facing a death spiral. Simply reigning in public union control of the government ended up with growing jobs and over a hundred million surplus. note that it is just PUBLIC unions that were effected by Walker’s reforms. Even with reforms public union employees have higher salaries and better benefits than the public they supposedly serve.

June 5th is D-day for unions in two elections. Wisconsin votes on the recall of Scott Walker who took on unions and improved the state economy by weakening control of the public unions. In San Jose voters face runaway costs from lavish pensions and benefits for public unions.

[Gov.] Walker claimed that the law, which also requires public employees to pay more for their health care and pensions, would give local governments enough flexibility on labor costs to deal with deep cuts to state aid.

County mayor Carlos Alvarez and county commissioner Natasha Seijas are being recalled for a vote they took last year to raise property taxes, in some cases by 10% or more to support public employee unions.

S.C. Gov. Haley talks with Greta on the GOP governors campaign in support of Wisconsin Scott Walker’s fight with public unions and Obama’s stubbornness on Obamacare.

AFP’s Tim Phillips discusses the situation in Wisconsin and how the taxpayers will win in Governor Walker’s budget proposal. Public opinion is turning against the overpaid under worked public employee unions.