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And what do taxpayers get for their generosity? The bad bargains get all the publicity. Union contracts force the postal service to pay thousands of unneeded workers to do nothing. In New York, public-school teachers who can't be trusted to teach but can't be sacked either are paid to sit and do crosswords.
One should not overstate the rage of taxpayers against public servants. Most Americans admire firemen, teachers and cops. They like receiving government benefits, too. And roughly half of them will pay no federal income tax at all this year. The problem is that this is not sustainable. During his election campaign, Mr Obama promised not to raise taxes on anyone except the rich, but with the deficit so vast, the question is not whether he will break this promise but when.

A. 어휘
generosity 아량, 관용. publicity 선전, 공개. Union contracts 노조와의 계약.
the postal service 郵政廳(우정청). sack 해고하다.
overstate 과장해서 말하다. rage 분노. cop 경찰. roughly 대강.
federal income tax 연방소득세. sustainable 지속 가능한.
deficit 적자. vast 광대한, 거대한.