Friday, January 29, 2010

What AFSCME Would Do in Wisconsin....If It Could

The Oregon tax increase follows this news:

“Oregon’s public employees have one of the sweetest deals in America. Their average pay is about one-third higher than that of private Oregon workers, and Oregon public employees don’t have to pay anything toward their health-care benefits. In the last budget, the Democratic controlled state legislature doled out a $259 million pay raise to the government work force, even as the state was facing a near $1 billion deficit. In the last three years, the state has added 25,000 new public employees while losing 40,000 private sector jobs.

That would be the AFSCME plan for Wisconsin, too. And don't think it can't happen...

HT: LaborPains

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