Just imagine if this were Wisconsin

It seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle, but Governor Malloy of Connecticut is moving forward with some of the biggest public union busting in the country. When Malloy first took office, he presided over a major tax increase in Connecticut and limited the amount by which the public unions would be required to "contribute" to close the large state budget gap. The unions, of course, rejected the deal that was negotiated; apparently they thought that the governor and his fellow Democrats would just cave in to their demands. Malloy, however, has responded with a detailed plan to lay off about 10% of all state workers; to limit sick days for public employees; to change the way that pension benefits are calculated; and to limit bonuses for long term state employees. It is strange that Connecticut unlike Wisconsin and Ohio and Indiana left collective bargaining rights untouched. It is also strange that only in Connecticut were state employees chopped from the payrolls to close the budget gap. In Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana, state services continue on as before. In Connecticut, there will inevitably be a reduction in those services as 10% of the workers are furloughed.

I do wonder where are the massive union demonstrations and the endless coverage of the national media.