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If the mess isn’t their fault – then why would the teachers’ unions reforms do anything about the fiscal mess?
It’s not the cause – it won’t be the solution.
The teachers are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
Educators are very heavily regulated. Can you imagine the outcry were Wall Street subject to the same degree of control by elected officials as the education system?
The choice is not between the current proposals for reform and zero oversight and regulation. The choice is between the current proposals and the existing and already substantial oversight and regulation.
It is a fabrication to suggest that the education system is ‘self-regulated’ the way Wall Street is, and that the proposed reforms would improve, rather than erode, the existing system of oversight and regulation.
Educators are very heavily regulated. Can you imagine the outcry were Wall Street subject to the same degree of control by elected officials as the education system?
I can only assume that financial regulation is over your head. There is probably no sector of the economy that is subject to more regulation (from the CFTC, the SEC, etc.) than the financial sector.