Union thugs pummeled the Wisconsin State House as the newly elected Governor and Republican majorities worked to balance the Wisconsin state budget. The unions were upset that they were being asked to accept small concessions like paying a portion of their benefits like private business employees are asked to do and bring the Wisconsin unions collective bargaining in line with federal unions. When the people rose up and elected Republicans last fall,they issued a mandate to the lawmakers to fix the broken and bloated state budget. What had happened in Wisconsin and other states over the years is that the State Workers Unions had found that Democrats were willing to give the State Workers Unions huge handouts of tax dollars in exchange for the union support and the cash that found its way back into the Democrats campaign funds as Union donations. The Republicans were elected to stop this corruption and protect the taxpayers money