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	<title>FrontPage Magazine &#187; Tim Pawlenty</title>
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		<title>Government Unions vs. Taxpayers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The moral case for unions -- protecting working families from exploitation -- does not apply to public employment.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Visit the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/home-page">WSJ.com</a>.</strong></p>
<p>When Americans think of organized labor, they might think of images  like I saw growing up in a blue-collar meatpacking town: hard hats, work  boots, tough conditions and gritty jobs. While I didn&#8217;t work in the  slaughterhouses, I did become a union member when I worked at a grocery  store to help put myself through school. I was grateful for the paycheck  and proud of the work I did.</p>
<p>The rise of the labor movement in the early 20th century was a  triumph for America&#8217;s working class. In an era of deep economic anxiety,  unions stood up for hard-working but vulnerable families, protecting  them from physical and economic exploitation.</p>
<p>Much has changed. The majority of union members today no longer work  in construction, manufacturing or &#8220;strong back&#8221; jobs. They work for  government, which, thanks to President Obama, has become the only  booming &#8220;industry&#8221; left in our economy. Since January 2008 the private  sector has lost nearly eight million jobs while local, state and federal  governments added 590,000.</p>
<p>Federal employees receive an average of $123,049 annually in pay and  benefits, twice the average of the private sector. And across the  country, at every level of government, the pattern is the same:  Unionized public employees are making more money, receiving more  generous benefits, and enjoying greater job security than the working  families forced to pay for it with ever-higher taxes, deficits and debt.</p>
<p>How did this happen? Very quietly. The  rise of government unions has been like a silent coup, an inside job  engineered by self-interested politicians and fueled by campaign  contributions.</p>
<p><strong>To continue reading this article, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703766704576009350303578410.html">click here.</a></strong></p>
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