By Mike Hart
Unions are a hot topic right now with the Wisconsin showdown and efforts taking place in several other states to roll back public employee union power. The pro-union side argues passionately that unions are good for workers in general and provide much needed balance against the political power of corporations.
How can unions be good for workers in general when they shrink and destroy once thriving industries, drive up prices in the industries they dominate, and negotiate with the officials they elect for lavish benefits that have brought states and municipalities across the country to the brink of bankruptcy? As Thomas Sowell points out in his recent column on “Union Myths”:
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