Unions to Blame in CA

See this meaty article in National Review Online concerning the real causes of California's budgetary meltdown. In it Chris Reed, an editorial writer for the San Diego Union Tribune, demolishes the arguments about CA not being able to tax enough. He shows that in fact CA already has some of the highest taxes in the nation. He says of the public employee unions:

Once merely a powerful special interest, these public-sector unions now have a chokehold on the state.

I find it curious that at a time in our history when private sector unions are weak, public sector unions have never been stronger. The incestuous relationship between government employee unions and Democratic politicians is not in the public interest.