Question regarding the financial situation in Wisconsin: Is the Governor and/or Wisconsin Legislators also making pay and benefit concessions to balance the state budget? We should all keep in mind two things: 1) Legislators can often raise their own pay through legislation (they don’t need collective bargaining, just collective voting), and 2) The two main political parties are a lot like unions: The Republican Party is a “union” of so-called right-leaning political “workers”. I can understand wanting to balance the budget, but this whole thing smells of “hypocrisy”!