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Carey's column cause for amazement

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To the editor:

I read with amazement John Carey’s recent column.

But then again, he may have been so influenced by the media’s show of the outlandish behavior of the union pawns that he considered he was doing the right thing for a political career.  

Sometimes the right thing involves making the hard, unpopular decisions. This is one of those times.   

The media moves to the beat of money, and the union certainly put enough of that into fighting Senate Bill 5. Of course, the liberals needed little to convince them that we all deserve more money and more benefits.

Every child will likely want more candy and toys than his or her little body truly needs, but the wise parent knows when to say, “We can’t afford that. We simply don’t have the money.”  

That, my friend, is doing the right thing.  

At this time, maturity is mandatory; placating is politics. If ever we needed to avoid inflation-driving, job-killing demands of the unions, the time is now.  

We have to look beyond the moment and into the future. Life is full of choices, but we can’t have it both ways.

Let’s consider teachers since some have made such unprofessional appearances on the news lately. Do teachers really need more money, or do they all need jobs? If many jobs are cut, classrooms are overcrowded. Do they want really that?  

The quality of education is sacrificed when the teacher has so many compositions to grade that he or she thinks twice about assigning another one. Is that the right thing for the class or the teacher?  

Do teachers need more money in retirement, or do they need a retirement system that will last?

We are no longer a country that produces many tangible goods. If the ever-increasing taxes didn’t drive the corporations out of the country, the increasing demands of the unions certainly made short work of those that were left. How can we attract businesses to ever return unless we break the choke hold of the unions?  

What about allowing workers the right to work and teachers the right to teach sans unions. This used to be a free country.

There is the law of unintended consequences. Be careful before you deem your immediate feel good choice to be the “right thing.”

Sincerely,
Glenna Walters
Hillsboro[[In-content Ad]]

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