[A version of this commentary appeared on FR early last year. This column has been revised and updated – Flash]
It seems to me that Californians are getting what they asked for in State Controller John Chiang. The contrast between selecting Chiang or his opponent, taxpayer advocate Tony Strickland, on the November 2006 ballot could not have been more stark. While Strickland was openly supported by a cadre of pro-taxpayer organizations and leaders, the bulk of Chiang’s support came from the left-wing of the Democrat Party, and most significantly, from public employee unions eager to have yet another “tool” in an important state constitutional office, ready to be put into play should the need arise. (Below, left, is a photo of Chiang standing with all of his union supporters after being elected Controller.)
While the nation’s economy is reeling, as the United States, and California, plow into a recession, public employee union bosses continue to be advocates for the notion that somehow public employees are “more privileged” that their counterparts in the private sector and should be immune from the laws of economics – you know, that when less money comes in, less money can go out? Unfortunately, that “Golden Rule” applies in government just like it does in the private sector.
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July 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 am
Who can govern Socialists?
…After federal taxes massively increase in 2011 and some “shared sacrifice/redistribution” in Calif.is deemed essential for the millions of “semi permanent visitors” and the usual whining moochers you’ll be eating Food For Less chicken wings instead of Angus tri tip on Indepenance Day.