Six-Figure Bus Drivers and Other Working-Class Heroes

     This is a very interesting article wrote by Ann Coulter in her blog.  Ann Coulter is making a statement on how the public employees in Wisconsin like the system that pays them an average of $76,500 per year, it is a very generous amount plus benefits and is asking us to stop looking at them as the heroes who are promoting their own self-interested.

     Ann Coulter give us examples of how we do not see as working men and women who deserve a decent pay when Wall Street Opposes financial reforms or when a tobacco company opposes new cigarette taxes.

     The Democratic governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn, only said that the government workers are fighting to preserve their employments contracts.  The news are presenting as it the Republicans are against the workers and not looking at what originated this situation.  Because of the insane union contracts, these sector employees got themselves tremendous overtime and around 7 bus drivers took home more than $100,000 during 2009.  The total overtime paid during 2009 was $1.94 million.  Now, responsible elected officials in Wisconsin are trying to balance the budget.

     These workers are pursuing their own financial interests and not the current damage of everyone else in the state.  Ann Coulter is also commenting on the union contracts as not fairly bargained and that only one side was negotiating. 

     Ann Coulter raises questions at the end of her paper and asks why do public sector employees have absurd overtime rules? why they don't pay their own health insurance? I agree with this article and I don't understand why the state allowed these types of agreements and still defends them as if they are heroes.  It is a decent job, but not to make these gigantic amounts that make more than teachers and lawyers.