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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN WISCONSIN DON?T SEE THE IRONY: ?The protests have been on behalf of well-paid p?

By Glenn Reynolds

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN WISCONSIN DON’T SEE THE IRONY: “The protests have been on behalf of well-paid people with excellent jobs ? better jobs than the average Wisconsinite’s. And the protesters got massive extra doses of freedom to express themselves in the state capitol for over a month, without any threats of violence or even arrest for the crimes they committed in full view of the police. I mean, I know they have their complaints, but they are not even the bottom sector of the Wisconsin economy. If there were to be a class struggle here, they would be taken aback to find themselves in the role they actually have in this economy: the oppressors!”

Plus, from the comments: “The only class struggle in WI is the one between those with class and those without it.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 16, 2011 (boomark / email).