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    Wednesday, May 01, 2024

    Connecticut schools could learn from Wisconsin

    Remember all the news over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with the collective bargaining for teachers' unions? Where is the news about the results?

    Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1.5 million surplus. The company that provided all the so-called benefits to the teachers was an insurance company owned and operated by the teachers' union. They were guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers and the state had to pay for it, increasing the costs every year, and the most expensive insurance company in the state.

    This insurance company was

    donating millions of dollars to their favorite Democrats to keep this racket alive. Since Wisconsin is now putting these contracts out for bid, the savings have turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, and the taxpayers don't have to pay more to fund the union's political ambitions.

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