To be fair Walker’s had strong majorities of Republicans in both houses of the legislature so there were no other considerations other than their courage against media and union bullying and pressure. Don’t get me wrong — that is a big victory in itself that Republicans in a certain locale have power and finally for once aren’t afraid to use it to advance a conservative agenda.
When he was running Milwaukee County, he had to battle democrats, and never once increased taxes and always had a balanced budget. The only reason taxes increased and the budget didn’t get balanced, was the dems had more votes to override his vetos. But, he kept them from increasing it to outrageous levels. He was in that position for 8 years, and battled them all of those years.