So if unions are a "market force", how they can have an monopoly status. Should not the public sector unions be broken up under anti trust provisions? Can we compete with them ?
Interestingly, even FDR , that bastion of liberal thinking, esteemed icon of the left, most magnificent and grand of Presidents, helper of the poor and downtrodden, was ADAMANTLY opposed to public sector unions.
On another issue- here is something to think about - No Public sector worker, union or not, teacher, fireman, soldier, government contractor ,etc- no one who gets all their income from Government EVER pays one dime of tax. We are encouraged to believe they do, because they fill out a form, and have money withheld or "owed", but the fallacy of this can be explained very simply. If I pay Joe $10, and require Joe to return $1 to me in tax, how much have I paid Joe? answer- $9. How much "tax" did Joe pay? answer-$0. But it would create tremendous anger if people saw Joe paying no "tax", so the charade must go on.
Most states do away with this in small ways, for example few state owned vehicles pay bridge tolls to the state, same principal, the money comes from the State, and returns to the State-it is a useless waste of time to collect a "toll".