The Lost Concept of a Public Servant

Public Servant is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a government official or employee. When I was growing up that perception was accepted on a near-universal basis. Christopher Stevens, our deceased Libyan Ambassador, would fulfill that role in most people’s eyes. Certainly members of the military are truly public servants. But because of public employee unions, our former public servants are really at odds with the public.
We have felt that our public employees were against us for a long time as they have used their unionized power to collect massive dues -- through automatic payroll deductions -- to elect pro-union candidates that turn around and give them outsized compensation packages. This has been well-documented in this column and through others in the media, including think tanks like CATO and the Heritage Foundation. Though your state may not allow public employees to unionize, 75% of the states do allow it. Additionally, as of 2009, there are more members of unions amongst our public employees than there are in the private sector. The fact that our public employees are at cross interests to the public is regularly displayed.

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