The Wisconsin Protests

In This New York Times article, Paul Krugman tries to compare the demonstrators in Wisconsin to those in Cairo, Benghazi, and other Middle East cities. The liberal media is trying very hard to paint public unions in a positive light, and there is no better way to achieve this than to make the demonstrations out to be a heroic attempt to preserve democracy.

This comparison is not very feasible. States that have had overly friendly relations with public unions (Illinois, New Jersey) are faced with growing debt and yawning budget gaps. Demanding that unions accept scaled back benefits is a logical political move. In this light, the demonstrators in Madison cease to be freedom fighters akin to protesters in the Middle East, and merely workers intent on keeping benefits that states cannot afford.