Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Another 800-pounder

All governments grow. But the details are always fascinating. In this piece, Fred Siegel and Dan Di Salvo write about the rise of public sector unions and their contribution to the problem. In all of the hand-wringing over state and local government budget problems, this part of the story has not gotten the attention it deserves.

Just as in yesterday's post, we keep bumping into 800-lb gorillas.