Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Sunday suggested that all public worker unions should be dismantled and that the recent elections in Wisconsin were a "turning point" in curbing their rights. During an interview on Fox News, host Chris
June 10, 2012

Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Sunday suggested that all public worker unions should be dismantled and that the recent elections in Wisconsin were a "turning point" in curbing their rights.

During an interview on Fox News, host Chris Wallace asked Daniels if Gov. Scott Walker's (R) win in Wisconsin had given governments a "green light" for curtailing unions across the country.

"I hope it means some kind of turning point in trying to address the balance," the Indiana governor explained. "There's a reason that defenders of labor -- from Franklin Roosevelt to George Mead and many others -- always said that unionism had no place in the public sector, that it was a necessary freedom -- and it is -- in the private sector, that it was a bad idea in government."

"Are you saying you would like to see no public worker unions?" Wallace wondered.

"I think really government works better without them. I really do," Daniels insisted.

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