Jennifer Rubin asks a very valid question in her article from the Washington Post:
"The Wisconsin debate comes down to a simple question: do the voters and their elected representatives have the final say in how the state spends its money"
According to the public sector unions, the answer is no.
Steven Malanga writes in the Autumn 05 edition of the City Journal:
"For 50 years, public unions, health-care lobbyists, and social-services advocacy groups have doggedly been amassing power in state capitols and city halls, using their influence to inflate pay and benefits for their workers and to boost government spending. The bill for that influence is now coming due, and it is overwhelming state and local budgets."
For Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami, this has been the case, with ever increasing pension obligations, and taxes either staying level or rising in order to meet the need of retired "public" servants.
It it time for the residents of Miami to have the final say in where our tax money goes. Will we use it to improve our collective lives? Or will it go to improving the lives of those who are meant to serve the public?
