Thousands of courageous nurses, firefighters, faith and labor leaders, senior citizens, students and agricultural supporters cheered on the Tractorcade rally earlier this afternoon involving more than 30 tractors circling the square outside the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WI.

PHOTOS BY JEFF MILLER

The impressive Tractorcade at today's rally was sponsored by Wisconsin Farmers Union and Family Farm Defenders. Family Farm Defenders VP and dairy farmer Joel Greeno says today it's public employee unions, tomorrow it could be cooperatives: "If you lower the bar for anyone, you ultimately lower it for everyone else."