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Wisconsin, and other states facing crippling budget deficits driven by out-of-control government employee costs, have reached a watershed moment. 

Either the states will finally rein in the government unions that have driven pension, benefits and salaries through the roof or the states will see their economic prosperity devastated by higher taxes, crippling debt and ever bigger government.

In Wisconsin, Governor Walker has demonstrated resolute political courage by proposing a common-sense budget proposal that will have government employees pay about half of their pension costs (still far below what folks in the private sector pay) and 12% of their health insurance premiums (still well less than the approximately 22% paid by private sector workers).

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