If you're weary of obnoxious government largess, you may want to take a breather and tune in here, here, or here to the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin pension scandal and the heartening recall rebellion. The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors oddly asserts it was doing the taxpayers a favor in November 2000 by ladling out huge pension increases for county workers instead of the usual gratuitous wage increases. After all, pension benefits were to be paid out from a plump pension fund ripe from the stock market run-up, instead of reaching deeper into the pockets of taxpayers right away. Viewed through … Continue reading Crime and Punishment in Milwaukee