I'd think it was a case of votes too....
ALTHOUGH, the argument that's conveniently being ignored is that Police and Firefighters are different from other unions. These two groups are outright risking their lives to save lives at their jobs and therefore deserve a lot more consideration then your average worker.
It's worth noting even FDR was against government unions.
This is actually the PERFECT example as to one of why public sector unions are arguably corrosive. At that point, public sector unions become a voters block to bribe through "collective bargaining."
They are no longer really selling there skills. But their votes.
Local unions often tend to change local politicians pretty eaisly based on who promises them the most... and that's tons of votes. Of course you could argue that's any union... but never is it so direct then public unions.
I mean, Imagine if Obama or Romeny were head of their own company and more or less said... "If I become President, you'll get a raise."
While generaly pro union, I really do think government unions cause more problems then they solve, such things being adequete to handle in party platforms and votes by the public.
Now if the publics vote that they want to handle it via unions. (Like say Ohio did last november.) all the more power to them.
