Are Government Unions Out Of Control? An Infographic

[Ares]

This week, Arizona legislators are voting on a package of bills that would be “Wisconsin on steroids” – banning collective bargaining, release time and automatic deduction of union dues from paychecks. The unions plan state capitol protests this week, so things are heating up and the story has already appeared in various national publications. Since union protests are planned for the capitol tomorrow it will likely involve a lot of drama and TV coverage. Yet like every issue there are pros and cons, and government unions are a very sensitive topic to be sure. While the TV coverage will certainly focus on the favorable side of unionization (after all, what is better for the economy than more people collecting paycheks.... even if these are ever diminishing paychecks) here is an infographic from the Goldwater Institute looking at the cost side of the equation.

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/01/AZreform_infographic_lg.jpg

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/are-government-unions-out-control-infographic

[dys]

From the 2010 Arizona CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) http://www.gao.az.gov/financials/CAFR/2010_CAFR-031511.pdf

"For the year ended June 30, 2010, the State's combined net assets totaled 18.7 billion..."

Arizona population: about 6.6 million http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kf7tgg1uo9ude_&met_y=population&idim=state:04000&dl=en&hl=en&q=arizona+population

This is only the state assets. It does not include individual towns, townships, districts, counties, departments, etc...

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[mick silver]

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[Down1]

Virginia !
So basically all the overpaid unionized federal hacks who won't live in D.C. because of all the Leroys get to enjoy a lower property tax because they don't have to pay the salaries of overpaid unionized state hacks.

[LuckyStrike]

Not much in this world makes me more sick than marxist labor unions. One thing that does is government unions. These pricks extort the taxpayers all while having the audacity to act like they are public servants. If I were dictator I'd exile every government union worker from the country and the union bosses to outer space.