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Scal1024, Your point is really at the center of all the issues. I know that teachers deserve to be paid and of course they need to have a living wage, but the Union is always fighting for more or to keep their status quo. And it's not sustainable anymore. Every city and town across the nation has faced or will face the same crisis. We aren't alone and this isn't anything new. It is time to start looking into how we can move past the old model to something that works without being tied to long-term payouts from the taxpayers.

We are long past the times where we can guarantee health insurance and pensions for employees that are retiring at much younger ages. My guess is the younger generation, who has found that the old system (paying going to college, getting a job, a house, a car) is no longer an option and will come up with plenty of ideas to revolutionize how we work with unions and deal with pensions. Change is necessary. It won't be pain free but it has to happen before we destroy ourselves from the inside out!