Big Labor wins one in Ohio

Big Labor's forces descended opon Ohio and by winning yesterday's referendum, it reverses Governor John Kasich's budget repair bill that takes away collective bargaining for public sector workers and bans them from striking.

It appears that Kasich made a tactical error rather than a strategic one. Similar reforms in Wisconsin exempted first responders.

Still, Big Labor shouldn't be too cocky. Ohio's economic problems predate the long recession, population growth in the Buckeye State is anemic--the money to fund the largess isn't there anymore--if it ever was.

It was a referendum, not alchemy.

An off-year turnout skewed the results, although supporters of the referendum achieved 61 percent of the vote. A union-backed coalition poured $24 million into the race, which is money that can't be used in other races.

Alchemy can't manufacture gold, nor can it be used to print money. As for the latter, the federal government does print cash, but that's another topic for another time.

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