That bolded line is interesting-
current conditions? What, is the diminishing population of NY a new thing? Is the political muscle and BS of NYSUT a recent event? Did taxpayers in NY once have a choice regarding public schools?
Absurd. Yeah. I've been working since 1985, as a staunchly middle-class person, and never once have I been a union member. Explain your thinking here- If it weren't for unions, we'd all eat gruel and work 96 hour weeks?!? Please. This isn't 1920.
So instead of the teachers not getting screwed by their employers, each and every taxpayer in NY gets screwed instead, and taxpayers are required, BY LAW, to support this screwing. What a noble union this is.
You have a problem with corporate welfare? Public schools are government welfare of the worst kind. It's even worse in NY, because the educated 'product' leaves here, mainly due to high taxes.
Care to guess what that union drone wants to say publicly about NY's decreasing population? We both know the answer there. But not to worry, the high taxes are all for the kids and their future. So they can leave here and pay their taxes somewhere else. Nice return on investment.
Why not just have each and every person in WNY mail a check for $1000, per year, to Charlotte, NC? Eliminate the government-union middleman. We'll get the exact same results.
It's rather odd you mention capitalism in a post criticizing a government mandated monopoly. What are your thoughts on vouchers?