On modesty.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (via jsonline):

It's either a matter of making reductions and making modest requests of our government employees or making massive layoffs at a time when we don't need anyone else laid off.

There is nothing 'modest' about eliminating collective bargaining rights beyond wages.  There is nothing 'modest' about eradicating forty years of procedure and worker's rights.  There's nothing 'modest' about telling a group of workers to either bend over or get pushed off a cliff.