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Wisconsin protests, and the statehouse is still surrounded by tens of thousands of protesters, while in washington, d.c. hundreds rallied in solidarity. today, wisconsin governor scott walker reiterated his threat that if his budget bill is not passed by week's end, he will begin the process of firing 1500 state workers. >> for us, the alternative is if we do not see this bill passed, we've already mentioned that for this year alone for fiscal 2011 that ends june 30th, the total number of jobs that we equated would be the equivalent of the $30 million we save by starting our wage and benefit r...

Savings for local government. that's important. and for us to lock in that savings, to have that done in anticipation of the budget bill, we need one thing and one thing in particular, and that is for those 14 state senators to come back to wisconsin to debate this bill, to participate in democracy and allow us to move forward and the fact that they should be doing the job they were ultimately elected to do. secondly, this bill is about jobs. for us, the alternative is if we do not see this bill pass, we've already mentioned that for this year alone, fiscal year 2011 that ends june 30th, the t...