Video: LA Teacher Unions Playing It Fast And Loose With The Facts During Protest

Via Prof. Reynolds.

Quite a few hippies-- not the traditional type that was explored earlier-- present, selling out for 'The Man' (and by extension, themselves) and not the other way around.

Teachers frequently claim, for example, that California is in either 49th or 50th place among the 50 states in per-pupil spending. In fact, the Golden State is 31st in per-pupil spending.

Teachers also say the Golden State could solve its chronic budget shortfalls by raising tax rates on the rich. But California is already unusually dependent on taxes collected from high earners. This is why revenue collections can drop sharply during recession, while spending -- which has increased 37 percent since 2001 -- continues to grow at rates exceeding inflation and population growth.