Ryan Streeter
Steve Goldsmith is at it again. He earned the reputation in the 1990s as one of America’s most innovative mayors, and now, from his post as deputy mayor of New York City, he offers the following insight in today's WSJ:
In a word, these special-interest interventions ultimately lead to socially regressive results.
What is he talking about?
A progressivism that has become self-defeating.
What began as a legitimate effort to curb corruption in urban affairs, progressive reform a century ago sought to end inside-dealing with rules and processes. Today, those rules and processes have been hijacked to serve government interests and government workers. Ironically, they have been converted into the very thing they were designed to prohibit.
The overarching point of his op-ed today is that what began as an effort to achieve justice has become unjust itself. As we watch the collective bargaining battle unfold around the country, the moral of the story is that those who are defending the unions are akin to the Boss Tweeds of a bygone era. The tables have completely turned.
Read the whole piece here.
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