Let's let reality get in the way of a good narrative

Unions, though a compelling "bad guy" in the downfall of America's economy, are not the problem.

If UAW workers took a huge cut in pay/benefits, it wouldn't come close to solving Detroit's problems. Some of that is because UAW workers don't make anything near what's been reported. In fact, they're pretty close to the number reported for workers at Japanese owned manufacturing facilities in this country. There are actually unions throughout Japan's auto industry. Unions are not the problem with the American auto industry.

And if you drastically cut payments to public pension funds in this state, it wouldn't solve budget problems, either. Eliminating a bill you haven't been fully paying will only eliminate the debt, not the deficit. There are systemic problems in Detroit and in the Statehouse and most City Halls in Massachusetts that need to be addressed. Decertifying every union in the world is not going to fix those problems.