Union arguments in favor of their members’ lush pensions are falling by the wayside as the public examines the facts. For instance, union officials argue that the average pension benefit in California is “only” $30,000 a year, while neglecting to mention that the number, according to the Little Hoover Commission, rises to $66,000 a year for recent retirees — a reflection of the massive pension-increasing that has gone on in the last decade.
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If a real union reform battle can take place in Wisconsin and spread to other liberal rust-belt, union-dominated states, then it could perhaps happen in California — although it might take some time given the political dynamic here and the Golden State’s “follows its own drummer” ethic.
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As public-sector unions protest over cuts to their taxpayer-funded benefits in Wisconsin, James Poulos offers an insight so simple and so insightful, it's been bouncing around in my head all day:
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