Article: A classic hack-door bust-out.(News)

Byline: HOWIE CARR

I finally figured out the end game - the public-sector unions are busting out the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

You know how a bust-out works. The Sopranos did one in season two. The bust-out scene in "Goodfellas" was even better.

You don't have to be a gangster to bust out a joint, just crooked and greedy. What happens is, shady parties worm their way into a legitimate enterprise and then slowly strip it of all assets, reducing it to a hollow shell, driving it into bankruptcy . . . busting it out.

Sounds a lot like what organized labor (not to be confused with actual work) is doing to Massachusetts. It's no longer ...

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