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Walker to Dems: You Brought This on Yourself

by Josh Marshall
03.04.11 | 5:19 am

Gov. Walker will start laying off state workers to pressure runaway Dem senators.

Remember, in that infamous crank call, when he thought he was talking to David Koch, Walker talked about using layoffs as a tool to pressure the unions and the Democrats to give in to his demands.

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