Party Like It's 1773

Refresh the tree of liberty, with votes.

The only time people in Massachusetts care about what’s happening in Wisconsin is when Tom Brady’s playing on Lambeau Field. So why did hundreds of Bay State government workers show up to protest Wisconsin’s governor at Beacon Hill yesterday?

One word: Money. Your money.

The battle over government employees and collective bargaining endangers the entire foundation of Massachusetts politics: Unions use their members’ cash and labor to elect and protect pro-union hacks who then vote to give more money and power to unions. Eisenhower might have called it the “Union-Political Complex.”

Its raw political power is the reason even FDR opposed unionization of government workers.