[Mrs. Don-o]

I'm looking for ideas because this issue is going to keep rolling, through every state, bigger and bigger And the "official" "Catholic" voices will be weighing in invariably, I fear, on the public sector unions' side --- as if this were 1897 and the SEUI were the United Mine Workers --- unless we do something about it.

So please help me think this through!

[Tax-chick]

I’m sorry. I feel like a total idiot, but the position of the government-employee unions is just so self-evidently totally wrong that I can’t think of any arguments except “Duh!.”

“Care for educators like they care for your child”? Give me a break. I care for my children at no cost to the taxpayers ... so why don’t “educators” want to do the same? (/s)

[johngrace]

I am a retired union man who mainly voted conservative mostly in elections through the years. I have had what was promised to me taken away(health benefits). I do get a pension monthly. But no matter what if collective bargain is voted out or not you did not leave your state because of a vote. Just act accordingly as a civil servant. This is totally wrong. You can try to vote it back in later. We are all spending too much with budgets that increase it has to stop some where. The taxpayer does not get what these people get it's their money.

But something is a foot all over the world. This is going to spread it will get worse. There is spiritual dynamic definitely going on our country too. We have to pray harder just so much is happening at once within a short period of time. God help us.