In Boston yesterday union members came out to protest in support of the public employee unions of Wisconsin. I am not really sure why they feel it accomplishes anything to stand out in the cold and demonstrate a lack of basic economic intelligence, but they seem to have nothing better to do. I really don’t think these people realize that to those of us paying ever-higher taxes to support the public sector's plush lifestyle, the union protesters might as well have a cone hat on saying “Dunce”. They really don’t have an argument to make, so they throw out non-sensical statements.

Here are some great ones:

“Walker said his plan is needed to ease a deficit that is projected to hit $137 million by July and $3.6 billion by mid-2013. But union members pointed to the billions spent on bailing out Wall Street banks that went on to award bonuses to their employees.”

Um, Governor Walker, in Wisconsin, had nothing to do with bailing out Wall Street banks. It’s a complete non sequitur. Wisconsin is broke because of the public sector unions, not because President Obama bailed out Wall Street.

Here’s another great one:

“This war is about everyone in the middle class. ... If (Walker and his supporters) claim to love this country, why do they hate democracy?”

Hate democracy? Where does that come from? An election is held, the Republicans win, the Democrats flee the state, and somehow it’s Governor Walker that hates democracy? Really?

I am still waiting for one of these union morons to make an intelligent argument as to why public sector employees should be making so much more than their private sector counter-parts. If a private sector union demands too much from their employer, the employer goes out of business. If public unions demand too much, the tax payer just keeps on paying.

The unions fund the Democrats into office, the Democrats return the favor by giving public unions big pay and big benefits, and the unions funnel that money back to support Democrats. Nice cozy circle of support going there, right up until the state goes broke.

Here’s another quote:

"This is a fight about this country,” said Ben Wikler, 30, of Madison, Wis. “If we lose in Wisconsin, other states are next.”

I would argue that other states are next whether Wisconsin escapes the unions or not. There simply is no money to keep the cycle going. But if Wisconsin CAN slip out of the union noose, it will certainly give encouragement to other states to do the same. Massachusetts is too much in the union bag to lead the revolution, and will likely be one of the last to wake up. But even in Massachusetts, economic reality will eventually assert itself.