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Big government and big labor are ill-equipped to handle small community issues

By Timothy P. Carney
Published March 6, 2018 9:33pm ET
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Big government and big labor are ill-equipped to handle small community issues
In this photo from Monday, teachers hold a rally outside the Senate Chambers in the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Hundreds of teachers from 55 counties are on strike for pay raises and better health benefits. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert) | Tyler Evert

PAW PAW, W.Va.— By midday on Monday, the weather was legitimately nice, and so the kids were all out on the side streets riding their bikes and shooting hoops.

Their teachers, meanwhile, were standing on the side of Henry W. Miller Highway, waving signs, imploring passers-by to honk in support.

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