Public Unions v. Private Taxpayers

Michael Barone notices how much public employee unions bleed taxpayers. The time is coming when taxpayers will say enough.

Public-sector employees are still heavily outnumbered by those who depend on the private sector for their livelihoods. The next Congress may not be as willing as this one has been to bail out state governments dominated by public-sector unions. Voters may bridle at the higher taxes needed to pay for $100,000-plus pensions for public employees who retire in their 50s. Or they may move, as so many have already done, to states like Texas.