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The difference between Chicago and Wisconsin is that Chicago is a collective bargaining issue between two parties, while Wisconsin was partly about

Posted by Roger More (aka Rogermore) Sep 18 '12, 06:00

ending collective bargaining with the public sector unions. Those are different things.

Chicago is an example of negotiating within the established rules, and Wisconsin was about changing the established rules.

(This isn't a comment on the merits of either, btw)

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Wisonsin also had a place in the broader national narrative of the GOP looking to change the fundamental way government works. -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 06:24 10
- So your point is that WI was not just a local issue, but Chicago is? -- nm - Strongbad Sep 18, 06:35 1
  - pretty much, yeah. -- nm - znufrii Sep 18, 06:36
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  - Don't do that! He'll replace it with "messaging pastiche" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 06:33 6
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      - now that's just hurtful and a low blow. prefabricated? - znufrii Sep 18, 06:50
      - Prefabricated? Heh. Like a mobile home? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 18, 06:45
      - That's a good point. znu - you should also make more use qua -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 06:44 2
        
        *of* qua -- nm - Roger More Sep 18, 06:45 1
        
        Note to groiny --- not aqua. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 18, 06:46
That and Wisconsin has cheese -- nm - oblique Sep 18, 06:06 1
- :) -- nm - JenBro Sep 18, 06:09
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- You're right. - Strongbad Sep 18, 06:08 1
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Yes, I agree. - Strongbad Sep 18, 06:04

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