Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, November 01, 2010 1:45:51 PM
Bob Elliott of Anaheim Hills
explains why Jerry Brown should be defeated:
We have to pay taxes to fund public schools and other public services. The employees in these public jobs are unionized and a portion of their pay (our money) goes to powerful unions. The unions give billions of dollars (of our money) to the Democrat Party and have their employees “donate” thousands of man hours to help campaign and get the vote out for Democrats (only). In return, the Democrats allow the union employees to greatly out earn the private sector with pay, benefit, and retirement packages that are unsustainable and are breaking the back of most every state and local government in the country.
Yeah, that's pretty much it. That is where much of our problem originates, in large part thanks to Jerry Brown's time as Governor. Employees should be free to not join a union. Absent that option, they should be free to not pay for the union's political activities and still be able to vote on their internal union leadership. Above all, we should have separation of state and school for many reasons, including that taxpayers should be force to pay for the perpetuation of political ideologies with which they disagree.
The man who started this ball rolling in California was former Gov. Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown who first allowed the collective bargaining of teachers and other public employees.
Don't put Jerry Brown back in charge!