> I think an even worse problem is unions in the government. This sounds good, but my mother worked for the local government and it changed my mind. Public em

> I think an even worse problem is unions in the government. This sounds good, but my mother worked for the local government and it changed my mind. Public employees have the most capricious employer in existence -- voters. The union helps mitigate that. My mother would have had her pension cut to nothing after years with no cost-of-living wage adjustments if it were simply up to the voters.