Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
So apparently my state is having a big brouhaha, a kerfluffle, a haymaker. Our new governor campaigned on a platform of slashing the public sector unions down to size, and lo, behold, once in office he's trying to do it, much to howls of dismay and anguish.

Anyway, a couple of questions:

If you're going to go after the public sector unions, why exempt police and firefighters? Is there any conceivable rationale for that?
Maybe because their jobs involve real danger?

The dem legislators have fled the state to prevent a vote on the subject. Subversion of democratic process or heroic last stand against tea party tyranny? Discuss.
Subversion, says I.

How will that encourage the good ones to stay, and the bad ones to leave, opposed to the other way around?
Get rid of union protections, and you can easily fire bad teachers, thus making life easier for the good teachers. Plus, you can pay merit pay and not just more pay for being in the job longer, regardless of quality.

CR