Regarding the Sept. 28 article "Nakayama to quit Cabinet after gaffes": It is interesting that former transport minister Nariaki Nakayama took heat because of his verbal gaffe about (among other topics) the teachers union in Japan. I'm a teacher in the United States and a member of a huge teachers union. If Nakayama had said the same thing about my union -- that it's a "cancer" -- I'd agree with him! We are completely tied up with one political party and waste tens of millions of dollars each year. Meanwhile, our schools are failing.
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