Are Public Unions Necessary?

[a_new_machine]

Wisconsin is raising hell in its attempts to balance a budget that's heavily weighed down by union-bargained benefits for public employees. Of course, they're taking the "nuke it from orbit" approach and removing collective bargaining rights from public employees

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[fizzyland]

Here in Los Angeles we see all kinds of government cutbacks but the unified LA school district remains top-heavy with administration and systems where employment is always based on seniority and not competence seem like bad ideas to me.

[notmrgarrison]

In the 90's the DC school system spent more per student than any other school system in the country, yet the schools sucked. The money was going to the administration.

[fizzyland]

As someone who manages a retail business here, I can also say that the city is retarded when it comes to anti-business moves they make that deprive the city/county of income.

[fizzyland]

Though I'm not sure where to suggest to start reading, the saga of the Los Angeles City Council and their medical marijuana regulation(which was eventually deemed unconstitutional and thrown out) is a veritable saga of yo-yo decision making with literally hundreds of stores opening, some with business licenses and paying sales tax, others being pure bandit operations. Dispensaries that obeyed every regulation spending thousands of dollars in fees only to be told that they would have to re-apply three years later and repeat all the fees they already paid, etc.