New York vs. Wisconsin

Jammie Wearing Fool makes an astute comparison between  the left's reaction to Democrat Governor Andy Cuomo's education budget cuts, and those of Wisconsin Republican Scott Walker.  First, our new budget agreement:

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is being lauded for announcing a $132.5 billion spending plan that closes a $10 billion state budget gap. Yet it's casually noted that to get there he has chopped $1.2 billion in school aid while not raising taxes.

Then, recent developments in distant Wisconsin:

Walker's budget cuts state school aid by $834 million over the next biennium, a 7.9 percent decrease. That accounts for about one fifth of proposed cuts in the budget.

Compare and contrast:

Now suppose a Republican governor chopped $1.2 billion from education in New York. The UFT and NEA would already be marching on Albany warning of impending doom and telling us how much Republicans hate children. The ubiquitous Hitler signs would be everywhere, the capitol would be under siege, the president would tell us the governor is attacking teachers and national media would descend like locusts to show solidarity.

Indeed.  We suspect the Wisconsin mayhem was provided courtesy of the Democrat party's 2012 presidential campaign.