Wisco gov says he'll call in National Guard if employees balk

This is not a joke. The news just came in that Wisconsin's union-busting, job-killing governor, Scott Walker, said he will call in the National Guard if government workers balk at his proposal. According to BizTimes, Walker

...made the dramatic announcement this morning that he is prepared to call in the Wisconsin National Guard to respond if there is any unrest among state employees in the wake of his announcement that he wants to revoke nearly all of their collective bargaining rights.

Walker said he has not called the National Guard into action, but he has briefed them and other state agencies in preparation of any labor problems.

Walker’s plan to resolve the state’s budget deficit would require higher pension and health insurance contributions by state employees and remove bargaining rights except in a limited way over wages.

So now we have a governor who wants to reduce workers to poverty and threatens them with violence, and a powerful business group (the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) that hires spies to run an undercover smear campaign against working-class groups.

Is there any doubt that there's a class war going on, and the middle class is losing?