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Debt fighters everywhere, including Wisconsin, must establish a set of practices to help us cut spending effectively now and in the future. "The foundation of this unwritten constitution has to be this principle: make everybody hurt. The cuts have to be spread more or less equitably among as many groups as possible. There will never be public acceptance if large sectors of society are excluded. Governor Walker's program fails that test. It spares traditional Republican groups (even cops and firefighters). It is thus as unsustainable as the current tide of red ink." and this from a conservative Republican writer.
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