Great chart in yesterday’s WSJ.
The point of the article was the power of public unions.
My take: the steady decline in private sector unionization.
Why?
Not because company workforces have de-unionized, but because union companies have either (1) moved to non-union regions of the U.S., or (2) have off-shored operations, or (3) have gone out of business – collapsing under the weight of union wage & benefit scales.
Interesting analysis: I’d like to see a mapping of state tax rates against the presence of public employee unions.
My hypothesis: a very high correlation … in part, indicating a vicious cycle: public unions drive up gov’t expenses – which drive up tax rates – which drive companies & industries out of the states – which narrows the tax base – which drives up tax rates – which …
Surprised no pundits have jumped on that yet.
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