We are in a very slow recovery, jobs may never be the same. There is no arguement that the Banks and Financial institutions caused this debacle and cost this nation (and the world) trillions of dollars, nothing really was done to bring them to justice. How did the Teachers and public employees, who represent only a fraction of the lost riches, get the blame and punition way out of proportion to their situation? To be sure, some contracts are excessive, and a third party should negociate them instead of politicians, but the actual employees are taxpayers just like us, and most work just as hard despite the disparaging diatribe of some malcontents.