Wisconsin Riots

Informative article by John Fund at WSJ.

When teachers call in sick to attend a protest, often bringing their own students with them, and then say that they are doing this "for the children," or because they "love their jobs," I smell a rat. They would sacrifice 5,500 jobs throughout the state of Wisconsin so that they could continue to suck the coffers dry? They would continue to force other laborers to pay union dues, even though they do not want to belong? (In the state of Washington, my brother does not belong to a union, but he is required to pay dues anyway.) They think that they shouldn't have to put as much away towards their own health and retirement benefits as the rest of us, but they say they are protesting "for the children?"

My 2 cents on Luna's Plan

1. Intense debate is good. Vandalism, not so much!

2. My kids don't need a laptop. I don't want you (as in the taxpayer) to buy them one.

3. Plus, they will be out-dated before they are done using them and graduate from High School.

4. Not to mention the headaches that the IT guys at each school are going to get trying to fix each and every abused computer that we gave to the kids.

5. I like school choice. On-line education classes could benefit a lot of students. If they are quality courses, kids will want to take them. (In fact, maybe they will want to pay for them if they want them that badly.) But no one should be forced to take an on-line course.

6. YES to ending teacher tenure, and YES to restricting collective bargaining.