New York City paying 700 teachers to not teach

This is not a particularly new story, but Ed Morrissey has a different take on the matter.

If ever one wanted an argument against Card Check, this would be it.

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If this was the private sector, it would at least get handled expeditiously, as no business can afford to have hundreds of people sitting around and producing nothing. Perhaps as well as a cautionary tale about Card Check and the expansion of unions, it also serves as warning to those who want to replace the private sector in health care and energy production with public employees instead.