Quote of the Day II

James Taranto, of The Wall Street Journal, describing the practical effect of public employee unions:

This is a scheme in which "unions"--similar in form to actual industrial labor organizations--collude with politicians to direct taxpayer money to the unions themselves (in the form of dues), to union members (as extravagant benefits) and back to the politicians (campaign contributions).

What a slick confidence game; one worth fighting for as we've seen in Wisconsin.