tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post6733410851430038279..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Pelto Introduces A WrinkleDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-334094751691355852014-04-24T12:22:11.969-04:002014-04-24T12:22:11.969-04:00In the Nutmeg Jurisdiction public sector unions ar...In the Nutmeg Jurisdiction public sector unions are viewed as permanent feature of the social landscape, and are viewed as having the same sort of (dubious) moral legitimacy as private sector labor market colluders. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704150604576166011983939364 <br /><br />It's one thing to have unionized sanitation engineers, but it's an another to have unionized teachers and administrators. All the progressives say they push us around for the children, but heaven protect the kids, urban and suburban, who are subject to our governmental education "system."<br /><br />I don't think pointing out the fundamental problem with public sector unions is necessarily a political loser. Maybe a Nutmeg Republican might try it.<br />-----<br />"There's, I think, a fundamental problem with government becoming its own special interest group," he told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday." "Ultimately, there is not really bargaining in those situations because government sits on both sides of the table."<br /><br />Wallace then asked whether Daniels would like to see public-sector unions disappear entirely.<br /><br />"I think government works better without them, I really do," Daniels replied.<br /><br />"There's a reason that defenders of labor ... always said that unionism had no place in the public sector, that it was necessary freedom, and it is, in the private sector. But that it was a bad idea in government," he added.peter brushnoreply@blogger.com