McMahon, here is some light reading for you. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau letter lays it all out for yah. There is no surplus in WI and before you spout off about the Gov giving his buddies tax breaks, the tax breaks don't go into effect until the next budget cycle, July 2011 to June 2013 so they are not currently part of the calculation.

Leg Fiscal Bureau

Now, not one of you guys who support the public unions has made any kind of case as to why it is good practice for Unions to endorse and support a candidate and then be able to sit down across the table and "negotiate" wages and benefits with the politician that they supported. I have seen a lot of union busting claims but not even FDR or Jimmy Carter, the godfather and 1st lieutenant of progressives, thought that public unions have a place at the table negotiating for wages and benefits.