In this City Journal article California writer Steven Greenhut writes about the gruesome budget impact of the highly paid government employees. Back in the days when the golden state was financially sound, politicians made promises of big wage increases and retirement packages. Part of the political game — buy votes by picking the pockets of present and future taxpayers. It “worked” just fine for several decades, but now the long-run consequences have arrived.
The tax consumers continue to rake in plenty of money while the tax payers are struggling. This is the true class warfare, between those who must work to pay taxes and those who consume taxes paid.
Here we have another good argument for keeping government as limited as possible. The fewer people on government payrolls, the less taxpayers will be plundered through the political process.
I see that Greenhut has a new book out. I’m going to get it ASAP.
