Why Wisconsin should bust public sector unions.

Because far from being the "people's servants", they are bargaining against US, the taxpayers. They hold our children hostage -- Madison teachers vote to cancel schools for the fourth straight day -- not negotiating for safer working conditions as trade unions might need to do, but to hang on to their cushy, non-competitive jobs.

If the teachers, garbage workers, cops, bus drivers, paper processors, etc. don't like the wages and benefits being served up in their public sector jobs, let them compete elsewhere.

Not hold the educations of aspiring schoolchildren hostage until they can bleed even more out of a system that needs the bleeding staunched -- today.

I'm not at all surprised economist Krugman doesn't get this. Not at all. (In fact, he pretends that the working class supports this government-class set of pampered workers, pushing for more, more, more ... We don't.)

Eventually, the Democratic lawmakers hiding in Illinois will come crawling back to the table. Their bad behavior won't be rewarded, nor will all those jumping, drumming, chanting and drawing funny signs about how bad they've got it.

The Gravy Train has left the station, folks...

Deal with it.




ADDED: Fire the sick/striking teachers; bring in educated "scabs" to teach; or begin forming hedgerow schools...

If they don't want to teach and can't appear for work at the jobs they have, take them up on the offer.

If this nonsense isn't making it obvious that we need taxpayer-financed VOUCHERS, where students and parents can choose alternatives to public ed and the "servants" who think they control the game, I don't know what will.

Competition, competition, competition. It's not just for students, anymore!