IBD The Wisconsin recall election was about liberals’ zeal to maintain government employees’ privileges far and above those of struggling private sector workers who pay their salaries. Payroll change since January 2008 Total: -5.01 million -3.6% Private: -4.61 million -4% Government: -407,000 -1.8% Federal Government: (excluding post office) +225,000 11.4% Sources: Labor Department, Datastream Meanwhile, Paul Krugman declares “The real story about this economy is that the cutbacks at the