Why? Because President Franklin D. Roosevelt, AFL/CIO leader George Meaney, President Calvin Coolidge, and other American icons opposed them? No. Because public employee unions are seeking to destroy the state of Wisconsin? No. Because public employee unions, in the end, amount to compacts against the public interest? No.
It is because of this: "Private sector unions fight with management over an equitable distribution of profits. Government unions negotiate with friendly politicians over taxpayer money, putting the public interest at odds with union interests, and, as we’ve seen in states such as California and Wisconsin, exploding the cost of government."
"We have the ability, in a sense, to elect our own boss," said one overly-honest union leader. The ultimate result? Public employee unions "creates a dysfunctional system where…growing government becomes its own reward." And if you believe in—much less venerate—the U.S. Constitution, that means public employee unions are essentially…"Un-American." Why? Because the U.S. Constitution is a document designed and dedicated to restricting the size and power of government. Public employee unions operate to do exactly the opposite.
Read the whole piece, "Public Unions Must Go," by National Review’s Jonah Goldberg at TownHall.com.
Are our state legislators listening? Please? Can we head off the problem before they get strong enough to "pull a Wisconsin" in New Hampshire?