At the beginning of the downturn, the Transportation Department had one person making $170,000 or more a year; now it has 1,690 making more than that.
In 2008, benefits for public employees grew at a rate three times that of private employees.
Public-employee unions can effectively occupy both sides of a negotiating table.
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Corzine: Then-gov sided with unions against NJ taxpayers.
In the Golden State, the California Teachers Association has all but become a branch of state government. Its exertions have given the state some of the worst schools in the country -- and the highest-paid teachers.
it's hard to tell where the unions end and the Democratic Party begins.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/rolling_in_dough_IEQqExWnRonswRVQZcl3WM
Rolling in dough
It's boom-time for public employees
New York Post
Last Updated: 10:12 AM, February 5, 2010
Posted: 1:20 AM, February 5, 2010
Rich Lowry
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