<t>It is not that public sector workers are making so much or getting such good benefits. It is that they have managed to hold onto a decent paycheck and benefits. Mostly this is due to the fact that more public sector jobs are still union jobs. Big surprise. The private sector has fallen far behind...

There is nothing wrong with unions. The members should vote on everything, including pay for representatives. The reps should be there only to implement the choices made by the members. Distributed power is not corruptable.

<t>What I don't understand is why people around the world think Americans are not pissed off about this. Or why they think talking against corporations is ....taboo? Really? Am I living in some parallel America? Some twilight zone America where every single person is pissed off and thinks corporatio...