I like the more generic message..."government unions" should be an oxymoron. You're either government (with us) or union (by definition bargaining 'against us' taxpayers). You can't be on both sides of the table! Until government union becomes ILLEGAL, this country will remain a bankruptcy waiting to happen. Just because Soros likes something doesn't mean it 's good! /s
Agreed. A unions only real weapon in gaining what they want is denial of services. Having their membership strike. That is not tolerable among government employees. And if by law they cannot strike then what good is the union to them as opposed to some other forum for protecting their rights? Where Wisconsin is making its mistake in this is by going after only some of the unions representing government workers and not all of them. By excluding police and fire unions from the legislation, coincidentally the only unions to support the governor during the campaign, the legislature is leaving the problem only partly dealt with. And leaving itself open to criticism that the legislation is politically motivated rather that fiscally.