[quote=briansd1]BTW, who is voting for San Diego’s Prop B.

I will.

Prop B might cost some cash up front to implement, but it will save money over decades and after that.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/may/08/election-coverage-prop-b-city-pension-reform/

I’m not anti-union, but I believe that we cannot afford to pay those pension benefits to government employees.[/quote]

Brian: It doesn’t come down to pro-union or anti-union, it comes down to what it is and what is not affordable.

The situation in Wisconsin with the Walker recall election is instructive: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/09/scott-walker-dominates-labor-falters-in-wisconsin-recall-primary.html

The underlying subtext to the Wisconsin recall is less Dem versus GOP and more to do with the perception that many states, especially the former strong union states (IL, IN, MI, WI), are in a fiscal quagmire and that pensions/benefits are contributing hugely.