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Opinion: Feb. 22, 2011 buzz: Let this be a death knell for government unions

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Op-Ed columnist Jonah Goldberg has stirred the pot with this Tuesday column, Public unions must go, in which he says:

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Public unions have been a 50-year mistake. […] And this gets to the real insidiousness of government unions. Wisconsin labor officials fairly note that they’ve acceded to many of their governor’s specific demands — that workers contribute to their pensions and healthcare costs, for example. But they don’t want to lose the right to collective bargaining. But that is exactly what they need to lose. […] The unions and the protesters in Wisconsin see Walker’s reforms as a potential death knell for government unions. My response? If only.

The reaction to his column has been mixed, and perhaps best captured by these commenters.

goodlookin1 at 10:22 AM February 22, 2011 JONAH GOLDBERG FOR PRESIDENT!!! andytek at 10:46 AM February 22, 2011 ‘JONAH GOLDBERG FOR PRESIDENT!!!’ Of China.

--Alexandra Le Tellier

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