Government Union President Says those Supporting Spending Cuts Are 'Mentally Retarded'

From Americans for Prosperity, video of a public sector union protest yesterday on Capitol Hill. After years of steady pay increases, enhanced pension and other benefits and titanium-strength job security, public employee unions are starting to worry that the economic downturn may start to affect them. Poor dears.

I’ll give them this, they are honest about what they want. One woman chants, succinctly, “We need money…NOW!” Priceless.