With respect, I don’t even think self-interest enters the picture.
I had dozens of teacher friends/family foaming at the mouth about Betsy DeVos overnight...most of them had no idea who she was.
Similarly, I asked coal miners in 2008 if they were voting for radical greenie Obama and his anti-coal madness. They meekly nodded yes because the UMWA said so. Then the layoffs began.
Teachers moan about curriculum and claim to be opposed to LGBT propaganda but all they do is guarantee more of the same with their mindless voting patterns.
However, they do serve as a model for the pols who want the illegal vote. Herd them all into the same pen.
I get to be around teacher types for a couple of hours every month. I go to the local school board meetings and write about it in my newsblog.
They are EXPERTS at manipulating public opinion in their favor because “it’s for the children.”
Public Unions should be outlawed. I expect some flack for this. These unions are a direct conflict of interest to the taxpayers. Louisiana is solid Repub, yet the Unions swing to the Dems.