&gt; There is a pretty tight formal argument that, whether one is for or against unions, public unions are clearly bad. Here is the latest thing I have read on this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Government-against-Itself-Public-Conse.." rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Government-against-Itself-Public-Conse...</a>.<p>Destroying public sector unions is one of the major bullet points on the right wing agenda.<p>Posting a book funded by the Manhattan Institute (i.e. Richard Mellon Scaife, Bill Kristol, etc) should have exactly zero power to convince anyone not interested in being a part of that agenda.<p>EDIT: Wait it gets better, the comment I am responding to was actually posted by someone who has themselves been supported by the Manhattan Institute: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;malchow.com&#x2F;about&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;malchow.com&#x2F;about&#x2F;</a><p>I guess that&#x27;s how this all works isn&#x27;t it.<p>EDIT 2: The above commented was edited to read &quot;EDIT: Comment below is hysterical and political. This book is a good read. Chuck Reed, former mayor of San Jose, says this about it...&quot;<p>And 30 second Google search reveals:<p>&quot;San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, in his quest to put a state pension reform measure on next year’s ballot, appears to be buddying up with the Manhattan Institute and possibly its chairman Paul Singer.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sanjoseinside.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;10&#x2F;24&#x2F;10_24_13_mayor_reed_vulture_fund_state_pension_reform&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sanjoseinside.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;10&#x2F;24&#x2F;10_24_13_mayor_reed_...</a><p>I bow to the above poster for illuminating better than I possibly could how the wealthy benefactors of the right wing movement operate on a day to day basis to influence public opinion against labor, right down to comments on HN.