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When professional athletes say "It's not about the money", you know it's about the money. If the teachers' union was truly "...about the kids" they would endorse any plan that served to enhance the educational experience of kids. That plan, of course, would include vouchers. Vouchers are kryptonite to teachers unions because they allow for education dollars to follow the student, independent of his/her zip code, and allow parents to decide (horrors) where their child is best served. Unions, on the other hand, want government to make that determination. When the union endorses vouchers because vouchers are in the best interest of kids, and not unions, I'll begin to pay attention. In the interim, perhaps it's time to revisit the legitimacy of public sector unions in the first place.