UNIONS: Ruining public education

In the 1950s America had hundreds of airlines, scores of railroads, dozens of automakers, a huge steel industry and customer service. Where are they now? They were destroyed by unions and taxes. Unions destroy everything they touch because they are based on greed and intimidation.

Now they have effectively destroyed public education. They have turned it into a bottomless money pit turning out dysfunctional morons. Fifty-seven percent of Idaho's state budget goes for teacher and school administrator salaries and benefits, yet they always cry for more. They get everything they want because of the teachers' unions. It is high time to privatize education.

BRUCE McKAY

Hayden