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State Unions

EDITORIAL: Shameless unions want Prop 30 payback

San Diego Union Tribune calls out California's public sector unions for shamelessly calling for wage increases to be paid out of Proposition 30 revenues after they raised billions of dollars to support the measure.

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OPINION: The Great California Government Union Swindle

On the tail of a recent study by Bloomberg confirming public sector employee compensations are overly generous, OpenMarket.org lays out the history of California governance starting with Governor Brown's first term that has lead to this drastic increase, which is now threatening to bankrupt many municipalities and driving the state further into the fiscal red.

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OPINION: Unions steer California Democrats toward cliff

Katherine Timpf of Washington Times explains how unions have taken over by pressuring the now Democratic supermajority in California into considering proposals to eliminate private insurance companies, raise taxes on everything from oil to luxury cars and remove barriers to higher property taxes, plus the $68 billion bullet train and increase public pension payouts to consume almost 20% of local budgets.

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OPINION: California Dreaming: Bankruptcy, Pensions and Taxes

The Market Oracle's opinion piece discussing the continued delusions of Calpers that the State can sustainably continue to pay their irrational exuberant pensions at the expense of taxpayers.

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EDITORIAL: Kill the beast

Steve Williams of the High Desert Daily Press details the importance of the passage of Proposition 32 in order to to break the stranglehold unions have had on state politics.

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