> We, then, exist to ensure that the union "class" gets to live happily every-after with their wonderful lifetime pensions and healthcare. This is beyond wrong. This is criminal.

Oh, please. Public-sector employees make on average less than their private-sector counterparts, even taking into account fairly-negotiated benefits.

It boggles the mind how you can be such a misanthrope as to believe that teachers' healthcare coverage is a scourge on our society and "criminal". What's criminal is that the richest country on earth cannot educate its children or provide for the health of its citizenry.