Where do liberals think the money that public sector unions get thrown at them comes from?

Ask again when a Republican supports legislation that benefits Union members. Let me tell you a story that actually happened. Then Mayor Giuliani has to deal with a city with a long standing union tradition and public sector employment, at the same time huge budget gaps due in part to the decline of revenues from (guess who?) Wall Street, following the collapse of the dot com bubble.

Following the Regan anti union and trickle down model of economics, he sold off city assets such as real estate (parking lots is a huge money maker in NYC) gave tax abatement's to the Coffee,Tea and CoCoa exchange and privatized 40% of all ambulance service to "For profit" hospitals merging the remaining 60% with the Fire Department. The 40% that went private was in the wealthiest part of the city and the loss of revenue to the city from insurance reimbursement went down.To the private hospitals went up and the crews know not to bring the uninsured to the private hospital instead diverting to the public facilities. Now in the middle of another budget crisis, the current mayor has ordered the closing of 20 Firehouses and the reduction of staffing on fire trucks from 5 men to 4.

What happened to the security and stability elimination of public sector jobs was supposed to bring? In fairness, you must note current employees were retained. New hires were hired at lower salaries, higher retirement age and required to work 2 weeks (over 2 years) for NO pay.

What happened to the expansion of jobs tax breaks was supposed to create? Didn't happen. The City was quite displeased with the mayor in general when fate stepped in.

9/11 turned Giuliani into Americas Mayor and a national figure.

Rush Limbaugh is wrong. AFSCME gets its money from persons' contributions, not from taxpayers' money. If you count the earnings of a public employee as "taxpayers' money", then you need to worry about taxpayers' money going to pay rent and groceries for public employees!

It is like saying, when an employee of a company uses his earnings to purchase booze and hookers, it is using company money for booze and hookers. No, after the company pays the employee, it is the employee's money. Rush is trying to deceive people and manipulate the facts.

Try listening to someone with more integrity.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.