I have friends, family in Wisconsin. Like NY, the state is broke. The state is asking for concessions .. I know how much that is going to hurt so many people. I don't think it was just to bust unions. I don't know what the answer is to this sad economic times. I do know that the states are bankrupt and cannot pay .. In my old home state of PA one of my high school friends retired at 53 ... yes 53. He was a flagman on the highway since leaving HS ... lifetime health benefits, he told me that now at age 57 he makes more retired from the state pension plan then he did working .. Yet that state is on the ropes also .. the money is just not there, states cannot continue such benefit packages without massive layoffs.. I don't know what the answer is