This doesn't speak to compensation vs. tax revenue, but public employee compensation as a share of state expenditure has actually been in steady decline over th

This doesn't speak to compensation vs. tax revenue, but public employee compensation as a share of state expenditure has actually been in steady decline over the last two decades. http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2011/03/state_budget_deficits.html http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2011/03/state_b...