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TAX DAY RALLY HELD AT WISCONSIN CAPITOL
WPR News - Tax Day rally held at Wisconsin Capitol
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Monday April 16, 2012
by Gilman Halsted
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(MADISON) Supporters of Gov. Scott Walker and his efforts to lower taxes and shrink state government say their numbers are growing. But the crowd of conservative activists at the annual tax day rally this Saturday (4/14) was smaller than in past years.
About 1,000 people gathered at the State Capitol Saturday carrying signs reading "I stand with Walker." On the podium the state director of Americans for Prosperity, Luke Hilgemann said the group now boasts more than 100,000 members all of whom back Gov. Walker, "Our legislators are now listening to we the people, you know what that is the Wisconsin way ,that is the Walker way, and now that is our way forward in Wisconsin."
But three years ago, a tax day Tea Party rally at the capitol drew a much larger crowd of 9,000 people. Cap Times editor John Nichols, a Walker opponent who has given speeches at almost every anti-Walker rally at the capitol looked on from the edge of the crowd on Saturday. He says Gov. Walker's attack on collective bargaining has angered some union members who once Republican voters, "We have to remember 37 percent of Wisconsin union households voted for Walker. They decided well I don't like what the Democrats are doing to me but now I really don't like what the Republicans are doing to me so I think it's a very sunny day, I think I'll just stay home."
But those who came on Saturday were fervent Walker supporters. Richard Wohler of Sheboygan wore a t-shirt reading 'Scott Walker he's my hero,' "I've had many, many relatives and friends who worked for the state. They knew they had a sweetheart deal that they never had to pay for benefits. They knew it was going to end some day and it did. I support Scott Walker because he's doing the right thing."
The Americans for Prosperity Group are counting on people like Wohler to help get out the vote on June 5th to keep Gov. Walker in office.
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