. >> journalist steven greenhut takes a critical look at government workers and the unions that represent them. he argues that government employees have become a huge drain on state and federal coffers. barnes & noble booksellen orange, california, is the host of this event. it's about 50 minutes. >> let's start and read some of the -- just three of the short quotations from the beginning of the book. grover cleveland, one of my favorite presidents, office-holders are the agents of the people not their masters. and that's kind of the resounding theme and yet somehow it's got turned around where the public servants have become the public's masters. and this is from voltaire. the art of government is to make two-thirds of the nation pay all they possibly pay for the benefit of the other third. that's a reality of what's happened. and finally, thomas jefferson, when the people fear their government, there is tyranny. when the government fears the people, there is liberty. and that's another theme in the book. it's not just about the pension liabilities and the financial costs and the financi