The Daily Bail

Video: NJ Governor Chris Christie on public schools, teachers' unions -- June 2

I believe this speech was delivered yesterday in DC. Take a listen if you care about the state of public education in this country. This is a phenomenal clip. Quotes are transcribed inside -- runs just 3 minutes. Christie takes no prisoners. No BS, no tip-toeing around issues. He absolutely annihilates the motives and actions of teacher unions nationwide.

And yet the Deficit President wants to reward them with a $26 billion bailout.

A message to teachers out there -- we love you and what you do, but your unions are out of control.

"In New Jersey, the teachers' union collects $130 million in annual dues from 200,000 teachers across the state."

"Parents and children deserve a choice. Parents and children who are being failed by a public school system whose costs are exorbitant and whose results are insulting, deserve a choice."

"Students are trapped by an educational bureaucracy. Trapped by a selfish, self-interested, greedy school union that cares more about putting money in their own pocket and in the pocket of members than they care about educating our most vulnerable and needy children around the country."

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Public Union Parasites Move To Bar California Bankruptcies

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Also:

Are Journalists Finally Getting Over their Pro-Teacher-Union Fetish?

Let’s face it. From the 2004 New York Yankees to that statue of Saddam Hussein, most of us get a kick out of seeing the mighty fall. And that’s essentially what’s happening to teachers’ unions all over this nation. For all the good they did when they were first formed 50 to 75 years ago, teachers’ unions have devolved into opponents of meaningful educational reform.