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Demand for a general strike in Wisconsin grows in light of the likelihood the so-called Democratic legislators are about to cave in to Walker's insane demands.
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And we know or should know cries the states are broke and we can't do anything about it are simply lies put forward by a media and politicians bought off by the financial elites who have created the economic crisis in the place:

The problem is the entrenched power of the capitalist ruling class and its total domination of the political system. The two established parties, the Democrats as much as the Republicans, are wholly owned subsidiaries of the financial elite. Both parties defend the profits and property of the owners of the banks and giant corporations.

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Facing almost certain defeat and embarrassment next year in losing the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate, incumbent John Ensign uses the "family" excuse to not seek re-election.