In the News Lack of transparency in public contract negotiations would lead to higher taxpayer costs
Seven years ago, Steven Greenhut, then director of the Pacific Research Institute’s journalism center, wrote a book entitled “Plunder! How Public Employ Unions Are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation.” He uncovered “a massive transfer of wealth from the private sector to the public sector, from taxpayers to tax consumers.”
