The unions raised over 30 million dollars, set up 35 field offices and had 17,000 volunteers in order to defeat Issue 2. They won the battle but may have lost the war because killing Issue 2 will do nothing to revive the state economy and put Ohioans back to work

Public unions are dead weight to any state. Examples: 90% of Long Island Railroad Workers retire on disability, even those with desk jobs, adding $36,000 to their pensions, and costing taxpayers $300 million in the last 10 years.

82% of California troopers retire in their last year on disability and so many spike pensions with overtime in the last year it is considered to be a right.

Ohio and Wisconsin governors are in a fight with public unions with the latter claiming governors are trying to decimate their right to bargain but the issues are rich benefit packages that are drowning state budgets with no corresponding increase in productivity.

Termination for incompetence is nonexistent in New York State public unions and in Cincinnati police bargained to have their records expunged every four years making periodic misconduct essentially unaccountable.

Collective bargaining right have made governments virtually unmanageable. Promotions, reassignments layoffs are dictated by rigid rules without opportunity for managerial judgment As an example in 2010 Megan Sampson was voted teacher of the year in Wisconsin. Shortly thereafter she was let go because of the unions last in first out rule

Last year when a virus disabled two computers in a shared federal office the IT techs fixed onebut but refused to fix the second because it wasn't listed on the form

Public employees are precluded from sharing ideas with management because it affects direct dealing rules.

Members reading this post could recite similar stories. For those of you that believe defeat of Issue 2 was a big win you might want to confer with those union members and compare your salary and compensation to theirs. Keep in mind that most of those folks can retire after 20 years and some sooner if they elect disability. What this all leads to is that taxpayers realalistically can be on he hook for 2-3-perhaps 4 people who all performed the same exact job and are now retired with full benefits, disabiled with full benfits and working with retirement just around the corner. What financial affect do you believe it bears on taxpayers?