Why Scott Walker is right

You read that right, Scott Walker was right when it came to the power of public unions and their ability to waster taxpayer money. It has been recently reported that there are tens of thousands of retired public workers that make over six-figures in retirement. And if you thought that there were only outliers you would be wrong.

As the average pension for federal workers is over $30,000 and the average for state and local pensions is $24,000. This is much higher than most pensions in the private sector. This is a waste of money.

I can understand having public workers be given a decent salary and retirement plan but it should be greater than what the private sector is offering. This is just another example of how public unions are robbing the taxpayer. Because they are so big they can request enormous benefits for their members and do not have to feel the effects of the economy. The unions make it so that they can get more money without ever having to take cuts and whenever they are asked to take cuts it is shown as attacking the middle class or as class warfare.

This is why Scott Walker is right for trying to reign in the power of the public sector unions.