The Hilarity of Government Thugs

Every once and a while you just have to laugh at the clueless clowns in the room -

with the city facing a budget deficit that could drain its reserves by summer, Mayor Villaraigosa wants to re-open contract talks with 45,000 cops, firefighters, librarians and other city employees in hopes of persuading them to contribute more to their pensions and health-care costs. His deputy chief of staff, Matt Szabo, puts it bluntly: "Unions have priced themselves out of a job."

What? We can't demand whatever no matter how out of line with the private sector?

In December, state and local governments spent an average of $39.60 in wages and benefits per hour worked on their employees, versus an average $27.42 for private employers, the Labor Department said.

You do realize that government employees spend 44% more than a private employee? And who is paying for that? Since government can only seize wealth, the private employee.

Just to drive home the fact that union employees are absolutely clueless -

Public-employee unions argue that it's unfair to penalize them for a financial crisis that isn't their fault. They say cities and states are opportunistically taking advantage of a short-term crisis to gut benefit plans in place for decades.

The Real Effect
Uh no, what is "unfair" is expecting individuals who are UNEMPLOYED to support your behind with a good percentage of what they DON'T have because you like a big check. Get used to it, because the electorate knows that the public won't tolerate a much higher level of taxation without revolting completely, at which point YOU will be the one unemployed.