Three More Observations on Wisconsin

Two by others, one by me:

First, the others. Mitch Berg has a frequent commenter at his blog named "Terry," who made this observation:

I, for one, will not work until I am 70 so public employees can retire at 55.

Me neither. The editorialists at the Wall Street Journal offer the following:

Madison's school district had to close Thursday when 40% of its teachers called in sick. So much for the claim that this is "all about the children." By the way, these are some of the same teachers who sued the Milwaukee school board last August to get Viagra coverage restored to their health-care plan.

Now the last observation is a bit of a cheap shot, but it's helpful reminder of how important. . . well, you can write your own punch line for that. But the first observation is crucial. In this case, the children are props at best, human shields at worst and future wallets to be hoovered.

Now, my observation. It's 2011 and the hour is very late. Scott Walker has made choices to head off the coming crisis which strike people as distasteful. If the unions and their allies stop Walker now, the crisis will not go away and a future governor will have to make choices that are significantly more distasteful, and painful, than the choices Walker has made.