Nothing ruins spring for me more than the Sunshine List of public servants making over a hundred grand a year. I am all for everyone striving (and getting) as much as they can but not when it is outside the forces of a market economy. I couldn�Ã�¢�â��¬�â��¢t make the list nor could the vast majority of private sector workers in Renfrew County, which makes the whole notion of public sector unions inherently wrong and economically destructive.
One need only look to the recent riots in Greece. The rioters were not ordinary Greek citizens but government employees reacting to cuts to their public sector benefits that modern society can no longer afford.
When the public sector pay/benefits greatly exceeds the private sector, where do your best and brightest want to go? Duh! So, instead of our best creating jobs, growing the economy, advancing science etc, we get more regulation, more red tape and bigger government departments. It is time to end public sector unions before we end up like Greece.
Joe
