The 14 Democrat state senators in Wisconsin have fled the state to prevent a vote on a bill limiting collective bargaining, a bill which has the support of a Republican majority which was recently elected to power last November. For the Democrats' dereliction of duty, they should be impeached and thrown out of office.
Public sector union members meanwhile have conducted what amounts to an illegal strike with 40 percent of teachers in Madison calling in sick. The authorities should scan all the video to identify the sick teachers marching in the streets, and fire them immediately.
The taxpayers of Wisconsin, like taxpayers all across America, are sick and tired of a government monopoly extorting exorbitant wages and benefits which private sector workers can only dream about in this difficult economy.
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent opinion piece which lays out many interesting facts which puts this episode into the broader historical context, including this:
The larger reality is that collective bargaining for government workers is not a God-given or constitutional right. It is the result of the growing union dominance inside the Democratic Party during the middle of the last century. John Kennedy only granted it to federal workers in 1962 and Jerry Brown to California workers in 1978. Other states, including Indiana and Missouri, have taken away collective bargaining rights for public employees in recent years, and some 24 states have either limited it or banned it outright.
The times they are a changin', but some people in Wisconsin still haven't gotten the memo.
You may read the entire opinion at this link.
