Rather than saying something nasty about how public sector union benefits are bankrupting so many states and unions across this country, I'm just going to flag this and hope that the discussion moves to more appropriate venues.
Rather than replying that Wisconsin had a projected budget surplus until Governor Walker spent ~$140 million in January, I'll just point out that backhanded comments like this one are kind of annoying, and hope that you remember for next time.
I specifically asked my devs to keep a completely neutral point of view. There is some novelty that puts it on hacker news: it shows how a tech like WebSockets can shed light on the enormity of an event.
