Even FDR understood that permitting public employees to unionize was a terrible idea. The problem as I see it is that there is no true negotiation between government entities and unions as there is in the private sector between management and unions. When government "negotiates' with unions it's more of "I scratch your back and you scratch mine" whereby unions get what the demand and the political people get votes. Not exactly negotiation.

Well, Mr. Obama is NOT INTERESTED in learning a lesson. He seems to be driven by ideology to the exclusion of facts, history, examples, experience, evidence.

BTW. Where are all the moderate Democates??? There used to be some who would NEVER have voted for the Obama care thing and bail outs and "stimulus" packages.

Yes it would! And if the citizens DON'T turn the Big Zero out of office, well......I guess we will have earned what we get.

Well...................maybe. But the other thing is that it's the "bad behavior" kids you hear about. Most teenager do very well thank you.

Bill, you have a solid point. There are some things our education system doesn't teach well to students. 1. The history of our free (more or less) country and why it works better than centrally controlled systems. 2. The capitalist / free market economic system and why it works far better than centrally controlled political systems. 3. Sound personal and family financial management. 4. How human relations works and how to get along with other people. Interestingly, the above are all things people HAVE TO deal with everyday, but kids don't get much about these areas in school.

“Somehow,” said Obama’s Energy secretary Stephen Chu “we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” _______________________________________________________________________ Another illustration of how the people in the Obama administration don't know much of anything. That sort of thing happens when they (political dolts) are stuck on ideology and do not attend to facts, evidence, truth. Turns out Obama's cabinet has only 8% of appointees who have ANY EXPERIENCE AT ALL in the private sector.. They are stuck in fantasy and are clueless

Your article points out once again just how good the Left is at ignoring evidence and history. They prefer fantasy.

Mr. Scrap, you're absolutely right as near as I can tell. The Fair Tax would make the US a "tax haven" country to which businesses from across the globe would flock. Can you imagine the attraction for business of the country with the biggest, most dynamic economy being a tax haven? Jobs wouldn't be a problem. Besides, any tax on business is a hidden tax on consumers because businesses MUST pass through all their expenses or go belly up. So you and I pay those taxes in the form of higher prices.

BTW, Dan..............I'd like to see you comment on the viability of the FairTaxPlan at some point. Advantages, disadvantages over what we now have.