States and Cities Grapple With Retiree Health Costs - NYTimes.com

States and Cities Grapple With Retiree Health Costs - NYTimes.com: "Unions representing state and city workers often assert that public employees have become a scapegoat. They argue that reckless Wall Street behavior, not public-sector unions, caused the recession, leading to sharp drops in tax revenues that propelled the deficits."