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Wisconsin collective bargaining bill already making a difference?

When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker threatened to push through a collective bargaining restriction bill the country stopped and listened.  Every media outlet, blog and casual politico had an opinion.  Suddenly experts on Wisconsin teach salaries, school rankings and the Wisconsin budget appeared out of nowhere.  It seemed like everyone had an opinion and it broke down along two simple lines.  Either you welcomed the change because you felt the concept of public unions to be offensive and silly or you were against the change because any attempt at perceived union busting was met with hostility.  At the end of it all, like so many political discussions in America the fight turned into another bitter partisan slug fest.  After all said and done the wounded unions walked away with promises of revenge, recall petitions and an angry and energized Democrat voting bloc.  Most have now forgotten about the Wisconsin budget battle, but there are some stories emerging from the aftermath that ma