The Blue Civil War Is Coming
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
Rhode Island's blue-on-blue showdown is heating up. Famed litigator David Boies is taking a 96 percent pay cut to represent the state against recalcitrant public sector unions. The New York Times reports:Mr. Boies became involved, he said, because he was convinced that Rhode Island's pension troubles were just the tip of a $5 trillion iceberg of unsecured retirement promises to the nation's millions of public workers. This is something that can cripple state and municipal governments at a time when the federal government is, more and more, cutting back...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/12/05/the_blue_civil_war_is_coming_297318.html
Rhode Island's blue-on-blue showdown is heating up. Famed litigator David Boies is taking a 96 percent pay cut to represent the state against recalcitrant public sector unions. The New York Times reports:Mr. Boies became involved, he said, because he was convinced that Rhode Island's pension troubles were just the tip of a $5 trillion iceberg of unsecured retirement promises to the nation's millions of public workers. This is something that can cripple state and municipal governments at a time when the federal government is, more and more, cutting back...http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/12/05/the_blue_civil_war_is_coming_297318.html
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