loudog1

No, but public employee unions are PURE EVIL. California's a textbook case. In Scandanavian countries, the easiest way to the good life isn't becoming a professional or entrepreneur who makes something the public wants; it's becoming a government elite and approving bigger benefits and pay raises to yourself.

I know the same thing happens in America, but we at least dont make it policy to punish the private sector. In America, the private sector bribes the government and writes it off as a cost of doing business. In Europe, the government uses public funds to feather their own nest, and that is a big reason CA got in financial trouble.

[Edited on Jun 14, 2005 3:30AM]