We have created in America a permanent political class that has powerful incentives to remain in office and grow government. Protected from accountability by gerrymandered districts and financial support from special interests, its members at times actually defy their constituents, as they did on the illegal immigration issue in 2007 and the mortgage bailout bill in 2008. It's time to hold our politicians to account.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Obama obeyed the teachers unions; even so, they don't like him
...increasingly, the teachers' unions continued opposition to charter schools, school choice programs, merit pay and just about every other proposed educational reform under the sun is alienating voters across the political spectrum. There are no less than three documentaries about America's broken edcuation system coming out this year -- including one from the producer of An Inconvient Truth -- and every one of them paints teachers' unions in a negative light. If teachers' unions are now upset that the Obama administration isn't toeing their line and Democrats feel increasing empowered to embrace eductaion reform rather than the unions' campaign cash, that's probably a good thing.
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