That's was 30-years ago, at a time when the country was (literally) trillions fewer in debt. Tough, sober times call for tough, sober leadership.
"He rightly placed the blame where it belonged. The union leadership."
Yep, you still don't get it. The problem isn't the union leadership, the problem is THAT THERE IS A UNION. PERIOD.
It's time to do what the MAJORITY of Americans want - terminate the collective bargaining "rights" of public service unions.
"Just has Palin has done here in this op-ed."
No, what Palin is doing is called "riding the fence". Scott Walker, Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, Rick Scott, John Kasich are all governors who have the courage to speak truth to power, in the clearest, most concise manner possible. And what are they saying? That the public sector unions are bankrupting the states, and the time for negotiation is over - well over.
You can't have it both ways. Palin needs to just keep her mouth shut for a while. The more she talks, the more it convinces some of us where she truly stands. I now see her as being more Libertarian than conservative. In fact, her short record as Governor supports my opinion even further.
She added an extra tax on the Oil Companies at Prudhoe Bay and pretty much forced them to shut down. They could no longer make it profitable to produce oil even when it was over $45 per barrel.
She calls on the union members to become a solidity with taxpayers and share the pain of the economic problems instead of making it worse. And you call that riding the fence.
She says plainly that the union leadership cares nothing for their concerns and would rather see 10-12,000 of them laid off then give up their perks and you call that riding the fence.
She says stikes and protests are not the way and are turning the American people against them. she warns that they are being used to further the ends of the union bosses and you call that riding the fence.
Sometimes the antipalin people are blind to commonsense.
She is FOR right to work. She is AGAINST Card Check. She continually calls out the corruption in union leadership. There is a reason that so many senior union officials have been arrested for corruption (Jimmy Hoffa ring a bell?).
She understands that virtually all the large public unions are nothing more than illegal Democrat PACs. Trust me, if she becomes president this will be addressed.