Just a little from the neighbor to the south:
Illinois Top 100 Government Pension Payouts 2008-2009
http://www.ntui.org/NTUI/downloads/2009_top_100_pensions.pdf
Unions, and not just teacher’s unions, are completely out of control in ALL states.
Union members should be made to pay more into their own retirement and benfit accounts (minimum of 50%) and if they do not like that, they can all go to hell.
Chris Christie in NJ has the right idea about dealing with unions - you try to negotiate with them but if they do not bargain in good faith then you act unilaterally. Which is what is happening in Wisconsin. I think this anti union sentiment will spread to many other states especially the ones whose state budgets are way out of whack and who are on the verge of bankruptcy. This is one way to get those state budgets under control.