[quote=CA renter]The people making those decisions are almost always elected or appointed politicians and their chosen administrators. In case you haven’t noticed, most of them are bought/owned by corporations. Unions/teachers have far less to do with this than corporations, special interest groups, think tanks, etc. — people who work outside of government. [/quote]

As always, you group “Unions” in with “government”

Unions are private orgainzations attempting to appear as if they are working for the “common good” when in fact they are working solely for the benefit of their members.