The recall vote will have a huge impact on cities and states.
Gov Walker challenged the public sector unions and he beat them.
Put me down as one who believes that Gov Walker's "spine" will be an inspiration for city and state governments strangled by pensions and out of control public sector union contracts. (We saw San Jose & San Diego pass tough measures on pension reform)
At the end of the day, it will be parents who will benefit the most. You will see more and more mayors and governors call for school reform and to blow up the teachers' unions monopoly over education.
As we posted before, it's time to let the parents choose their kids' schools. They are the paying the taxes so why shouldn't they choose where their kids go to school? Besides that, the inner city schools are not doing a good job!
I agree with Dick Morris:
"But even the fall of the power of public employee unions fails to capture the full extent of the impact of the Walker victory.
Its most important impact is on America’s schools. By elbowing
teacher unions aside and permitting local school boards to abolish
teacher tenure and insist on merit pay and school choice, the Walker
reforms open the door to a vast and rapid improvement in educational
quality throughout the nation. No other education reforms have worked.
Now we have no choice but to insist on competition at every level of our
educational establishment to improve the product. Teachers must compete
for jobs and higher pay even as their schools compete for students. It
is the only way we have left that can raise student performance.
The sun is shining and Walker won!"
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