Again, I agree with you about some of the pension issues, and have been opposed to the pension boosts enacted in ~2000 since day one.
Still, there are LOTS of people who are overpaid, many of whom are far more overpaid than union employees, and we ALL have to pay for it, whether they are “private sector” employees or “public sector” employees.
The financial problems currently being experienced at the local, state, and federal levels was not caused by union members — not by a long shot. They should not the the only ones who shoulder the burden of the crisis caused by **many** self-interested parties. I
