tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4985311582268869778..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: SystemsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-62575641448853832642010-02-18T16:55:01.280-05:002010-02-18T16:55:01.280-05:00Much of the problem of unsustainable government sp...Much of the problem of unsustainable government spending has to do with what goodies government unions have negotiated for their members.Goodies which are superior to those found in the private sector. Ditto incomes. California is the poster child, it would appear.<br /><br />IIRC, JFK issued an executive order permitting the existence of unions for federal workers. Which is a lesson in unintended consequences. <br /><br />There is a fair amount of resentment among private sector workers over the goodies that government unions have negotiated for their people. We are paying for those goodies for government workers when we don't have them ourselves. (I would now include the Government Motors pensions and insurance benefits the UAW negotiated that taxpayers are now paying for.)<br /><br />How many government workers are aware of that resentment? AVI is aware, I am sure, but I fear he is the exception.Gringonoreply@blogger.com