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On Saturday, March 12, 2011, before the enormous record-breaking union protest later that day, Wisconsin farmers organized a 'Tractorcade' around the state Capitol building in Madison. This was an important addition to the ongoing protest against Wis. Governor Walker's attempts to completely destroy public workers unions in the state. The Tractorcade showed that other sectors of the population in Wisconsin (and the Midwest), such as small-business, rural family farmers and farm cooperatives, are in open political motion now in solidarity with organized labor. They are also angry about how the new state budget will affect a state-run health insurance program (BadgerCare) which 11,000 family farm members depend on. A sign on a tractor: "Want to balance the budget? End corporate welfare." Length - 2:50

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