I think maybe this is a piece that Gov. Walker has missed.

[kpete]

Sat Feb 19, 2011 at 01:45 AM EST
There but for the grace of the public sector go I

by a gilas girl for Ungewiss Vor

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Today I'm happy to report that I not only have a job, I have real work. Next week marks the one year anniversary of my return to the ranks of the full-time employed. I didn't collapse under the pressure and I've managed to become reacquainted with myself as an employed person. My case files have now been officially closed across the various public sector offices that were handling me. That includes my SSI Disability file.

That would not have happened without an entire array of public sector employees.

I owe my life, my job and my future to the public sector. And I thank them. More than that, I hope that I can honor them. Because for me, that's the sentiment that strikes me as I read about events in Madison. Many folks have commented about the courage demonstrated by those public sector workers protesting in Wisconsin. I would not deny that, only suggest an alternative descriptor. The thing that I see on the streets of Madison is honor: a struggle for honor and a struggle engaged with honor. If hope is the thing with wings, then honor, today, is the thing with a picket sign.


the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/19/946899/-There-but-for-the-grace-of-the-public-sector-go-I