George Will Has a Point on Detroit: Those Who Rely on Democracy in a Kleptocracy Will Be at a Serious Disadvantage

George Will had the obligatory union bashing piece, titled "Detroit's death by democracy," in the Post today. Will's story is that unions used their political power to get unaffordable contracts from the city government, thereby pushing it into bankruptcy.

For some reason he neglects to show the evidence of the union workers' bloated pay: wages that average $42,000 a year for non-uniform personnel and pensions of $18,500 a year. I suppose you might be able to get workers for less, but this pr...