Well this is how it works: there&#x27;s an economic boom and profits are up and payrolls and bonuses are up and because these things are taxed as percentages tax revenue goes up too. Some of it gets spent on stuff, like schools and hospitals or whatever, but most of it goes on the salaries of public sector workers.<p>Then there&#x27;s a downturn, profits are down, people are getting laid off, no bonuses are paid and because these things are taxed as percentages, tax revenues are down. But your public sector workers demand to be kept in the style to which they have been accustomed, and the money has to come from the government&#x27;s &quot;real&quot; spending.<p>Then the next cycle rolls around, and every time the public sector ratchet up their pay and benefits a little more, until eventually that&#x27;s all the government can spend money on. There is a very good case that people employed by the government, should not get a vote, because they cannot be objective.