Who's the thug?

Madison Teachers Inc. shows that school taxes have gone down for critics of the school referendum. It is true that they went down after the state began picking up two-thirds of the cost, but they have declined nonetheless.

The appropriately named Jim Pugh, voice of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, finds MTI's action "thug-like." Huh? Rhetorical overkill is not unusual for Pugh, but even by his standards this one's out of the park. He's never afraid to use a bludgeon, but this one seems -- shall we say -- thug-like on his part.

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