Conservatives at Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the McIver Institute put together a new website and advertising campaign called “It’s Working”. The website is at http://www.itsworkingwisconsin.com/

I’ll summarize their argument: in the beginning of 2011, Wisconsin’s budget was in shambles. Governor Walker asked very reasonably that public employees must pay for their pensions and healthcare in a similar way that private employees pay for their retirement and health insurance. This successfully balanced the state budget. In fact, in places like Wauwatosa, it was very successful at making sure the City and school district did not have to raise taxes at a very difficult economic time for property taxpayers. Despite the cuts in net compensation for public employees, there has been very little effect–the sky is not falling.