All those times progressives claimed an elite group of people were reaping benefits on the backs of us regular folk? How income inequality was growing at an alarming pace? Well, ok, I guess I'll have to concede those:

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), from 1998 to 2008 public employee compensation grew by 28.6%, compared with 19.3% for private workers. In the recession year of 2009, with almost no inflation and record budget deficits, more than half the states awarded pay raises to their employees.

Who's watching the watchmen, indeed.