[Hoot Gibson]

Public sector unions should be outlawed and teachers who strike should be fired. No exceptions.

Politicians cannot be trusted to negotiate contracts with unions or other groups representing large voting blocs like the NEA. Contracts between self serving elected officials and public sector unions are the reason that governments at all levels are going broke across the U.S. The ratio between working Americans and retirees is continuing to shrink and generous public sector retirement benefits are continuing to expand. That is not a sustainable system.