How Public Unions Kill Progressive Politics

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Over at Reason, Tim Cavanaugh has a lengthy piece in the current issue on California’s struggles to rein in public unions. Even though it must have been written well in advance of the current foofaraw in Wisconsin, the timing couldn’t be better. Cavanaugh makes the oft-overlooked point public employee unions are such a fiscal black hole that it’s nearly impossible to spend money on any of the other ambitious and expensive programs frequently advocated by progressives:

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