the fight is about who is going to run public education in new jersey. the parents and the people they elect were the mindless faceless union leaders. the mindless, faceless union leaders are mostly teachers, firefighters, trash collectors, all with faces. if public sector unions are a cause of the shortage you d expect conservative states with weak or nonpublic sector unions would be in the worst state but texas is the worst with a projected shortfall of billions over the next years. state workers haven t outpaced the rate of inflation by much. according to the center for policy research, quote, when matched by aging education state and local workers earn 4% less on average than private sector counter-parts. not much expansion in private