Why Wisconsin Matters

Its claim to fame is cheese. They have a Super Bowl championship team. It's really snowy. On first blush, it may seem like there's not much in common between us and Wisconsin. But what's going on over there is an attack on the middle class, and that's troubling for all of us. Let's be clear: this has nothing to do with balancing Wisconsin's budget. The state workers have already agreed to pay and benefit cuts. And the Wisconsin governor is actually proposing a whole slew of new tax loopholes, so how bad could it be? No, this is about killing unions. It's about strangling the voice for jobs, decent pay and health care. It's about making corporations the only players on the political field. And that's why Wisconsin matters, and why we're paying attention.