Debate: Teachers Wages

[tolbiny]

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When a union gets out of control, the market corrects. Look at the airlines or autos.

Since this is a public good, the market can't correct.

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I disagree. The "market" can correct by voting down school budgets if union demands somehow got that far out of line.

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There is no alternative that can be switched to if the deamnds get out of line. Vote down the school budget? Then the teacher's strike and the product dissapeers. No real alternatives. If the Ford plants shut down due to a strike then GM, Honda or Kia will gladly hop in and grab as much market share as possible.

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even teachers strikes can be broken

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Sure it can be broken, that doesn't mean it isn't harder to break than other unions, and it doesn't mean it can be broken simply by passing "market efficiency" because there is no market to compare it to, and no market to replace it with.