Gov Walker has definitely walked in a hornets nest with heat from all sides. Let's try to focus on the big picture. We're a state that remains rich in public resources but one that has grown fat and lazy as oil prices remained high over the years. Not to blame state employees but pay raises  occurring throughout these troubling times will naturally bring scrutiny, and also reveal the extent of the control public sector unions have over the process. The legislators have fought off the avalanche of taxes Walker tried to impose to prop up the ship and in that sense have rightly kept the in focus on the need to make REAL cuts to the state budget. Let's not panic but see the process through. The dividend cut needed to happen and there's more pain in the future. One of the next steps is to sharpen up the knife and cut state the state workforce, like any large entity employee numbers must fluctuate during good times and bad. We continue to employ far more people per capita then any other stat