The public school teachers are going on strike in Chicago and the first worry of the people who run the city is for the safety of the children—where violence is already sky-high. The political class in Chicago has already failed in its duty to provide for the public safety. Failing to keep the schools open and the teachers happy, is a lesser offense. The strike will be settled and the teachers’ union will get more than it deserves but less than it wants while insisting that this is all about the children.

The strike is, of course, not about the children but about the union and the public sector economic model that has pushed the country to the edge of the cliff. The teachers’ union is demanding a fat raise based upon … what? The excellence of the product? Fifteen percent of Chicago’s 4th graders are proficient in reading.