[cripplecreek]

I dug this up for another thread earlier. It provides an example of the danger posed by public sector unions and lays out a damning case against them.

Cop Union Boss Boasts of Beating Lawmakers With Flashlights: If Soldiers Don’t Have Unions, Why Do Police and Teachers?

"We intend to walk into Lansing after the summer break and ask the Republicans who have been so eagerly screwing us, 'who's next?' If we cannot earn their respect we will do what we have always done; hit it with a flashlight until we gain compliance."

Someone needs to ask him how he deals with taxpayers who support "screwing" him the same way?

[USNBandit]

If we cannot earn their respect we will do what we have always done; hit it with a flashlight until we gain compliance."

Nothing like threats of physical violence to de-escalate the tone of public discourse. There is probably an old law on the books in Michigan that covers threats to the legislature.