I would fire them all, bring in people that wants to have a Job and want to Teach. just like Obama, Vote him out and put in someone else, if he or she fails vote again!!
Absolutely absurd. PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS need to be dismantled. Private, ok, maybe. But PUBLIC SECTOR unions that hold TAXPAYERS HOSTAGE need to be stopped.
And what of these teachers wanting NO ACCOUNTABILITY for the performance. Isn't teaching a job. Isn't their performance measurable and quantifiable just like everyone else's, and why shouldn't they lose their jobs if the DO NOT PERFORM. I would lose mine if I was consistently not performing.
Yet they want to pass the buck and blame the home life and parents and inner city and all sorts of other crap. Well, if thats the case, then certainly school vouchers so that these folks can send their kids to the schools of their choosing would be massively beneficial. That way students will flock where EXCUSES ARE NOT MADE and where performance is measured, rewarded, and a lack of it not tolerated.
While we on the topic, why do we need government in our schools anyway. Isn't the education of my child and how I educate him or her and where I educate them, isn't that my choice. Why can't local communities and home schoolers form organizations and schools that are way better than the mess we have now and why can't those schools take kids from anywhere that want to come and why cant they receive the money from the voucher system (OUR TAXES). Oh I know....? Its because of INTRUSIVE HUGE GOVERNMENT involved in every aspect of our lives. Its because of public sector UNIONS holding taxpayers hostage. Its because people want jobs, benefits, pensions, etc... but want NO ACCOUNTABILITY because they believe it is their right as UNION members.
I feel sorry for the striking teachers. Their salary is only $70,000+. And they demand a 16% salary increase so they can live better. With such outstanding teaching records I should think they would be deserving maybe a 26% salary increase, maybe a four month vacation instead of three?
Its quite a joke isn't it? $70,000 over 9 months which is the equivalent of about $93,000 if they actually had a job that required them to work 8hrs per day 50 weeks of the year for the ordinary 2000 hours. And who pays for these huge salaries, the benefits, the medical and retirement packages? WHO PAYS? JOHN Q. TAXPAYER, thats who. Me and you. We pay because school funding comes from our taxes.
Now I dont know about you, but I am an average american in a middle class suburban neighborhood in a home that is listed for sale for $200k in a Chicago suburb. I PAY OVER $9000 in PROPERTY TAX. Thats INSANE! Why are people not revolting at this? Half of this goes to the schools and yet the schools make me purchase additional supplies totaling nearly $100.
At one time in history unions served a valuable purpose and were responsible for advocating many needed reforms. Well, the laws are on the books now so thanks for that. Unions are now engaged in greedy self-serving politics that help no one but a very small group at the expense of all the tax payers. Now its thanks for nothing.
Laughable isn't it. When government unions strike, they strike against taxpayers. F.D.R. considered this "unthinkable and intolerable."
Government collective bargaining means voters do not have the final say on public policy. Instead their elected representatives must negotiate spending and policy decisions with unions. That is not exactly democratic - a fact that unions recognize.
These arrogant self involved individuals need to go. Their income is 30% to 50% higher than the communities they serve. Their jobs devoid of the accountability that most any other working person faces and they expect further protection! This is what we get form National Unions that ignore Local Communities and Local Economies.
Chicago teachers: America, by and large, does not support you- go back to work!
You make enough money now and you have the same job security the rest of us have, now try doing something novel- stop crying and go to work for five and a half hours a day for 3/4 of a year.
You don't speak for everyone. It may seem that way to you as you read the remarks but really the populas of the US, you do mean only the United States, supports the teachers.
A Liberal Democratic Administration is in a dispute with a pro-Liberal Democratic Teachers Union.
800 Teacher Representatives today rejected a contract proposal because the Liberal Democratic Administration is planning on paying for the new contract by closing excess capacity.
This is the LIBERAL MINDSET ON FULL PUBLIC DISPLAY.
Illinois, in reality, is bankrupt. Chicago, in reality, is bankrupt.
THERE IS NO MONEY. Yet, the Democratic Administration and pro-Democratic Teachers Union are arguing how to spend MORE money.
Confronted by reality, the Democratic Administration wants to eliminate excess capacity. There are 430,000 students in a system capable of housing 600,000. (Approx 24 new schools have opened in recent years. How and why they were constructed is a "wonder" in and of itself. Chicago Democratic Corruption anybody? But this is not the current issue.) Nevertheless, the pro-Democratic Teachers Union are demanding that FANTASYLAND be maintained in its current state.
In short, each teacher wants MORE money but he/she does not want to permit the Administration to seek a source of money to pay for it (justifiably fearing layoffs). The Liberal teachers want unnecessary capacity to continue to be supported. What exactly are these teachers "teaching" in Chicago? Certainly not "common sense."
WHAT YOU ARE OBSERVING IN CHICAGO IS THE 'LIBERAL MINDSET' ON FULL ILLOGICAL DISPLAY. And Republicans have absolutely nothing to do with it.
KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE ON NOVEMBER 6th.
Why do you think Illinois is having money trouble? Are two governors not serving time? Obama comes out of Illinois. Has he not increase the national deficit significantly? Do you know that the majority of Illinois road constuction is hired from a Texas company whose workers reside in Mexico? This was Illinois plan to boost its economy by putting citizens back to work.
Kick the union out- fire every teacher not willing to return union-less, and hire new staff. The rest of us have to live in the real world, why shouldn't teachers.
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And what of these teachers wanting NO ACCOUNTABILITY for the performance. Isn't teaching a job. Isn't their performance measurable and quantifiable just like everyone else's, and why shouldn't they lose their jobs if the DO NOT PERFORM. I would lose mine if I was consistently not performing.
Yet they want to pass the buck and blame the home life and parents and inner city and all sorts of other crap. Well, if thats the case, then certainly school vouchers so that these folks can send their kids to the schools of their choosing would be massively beneficial. That way students will flock where EXCUSES ARE NOT MADE and where performance is measured, rewarded, and a lack of it not tolerated.
While we on the topic, why do we need government in our schools anyway. Isn't the education of my child and how I educate him or her and where I educate them, isn't that my choice. Why can't local communities and home schoolers form organizations and schools that are way better than the mess we have now and why can't those schools take kids from anywhere that want to come and why cant they receive the money from the voucher system (OUR TAXES). Oh I know....? Its because of INTRUSIVE HUGE GOVERNMENT involved in every aspect of our lives. Its because of public sector UNIONS holding taxpayers hostage. Its because people want jobs, benefits, pensions, etc... but want NO ACCOUNTABILITY because they believe it is their right as UNION members.
This nation is headed right down the toilet.
Now I dont know about you, but I am an average american in a middle class suburban neighborhood in a home that is listed for sale for $200k in a Chicago suburb. I PAY OVER $9000 in PROPERTY TAX. Thats INSANE! Why are people not revolting at this? Half of this goes to the schools and yet the schools make me purchase additional supplies totaling nearly $100.
THIS IS NUTS!
LOL!
Mayor Emanuel is one of the top 10 National Socialist in power today and he's going to break the strike!
The Irony.
Government collective bargaining means voters do not have the final say on public policy. Instead their elected representatives must negotiate spending and policy decisions with unions. That is not exactly democratic - a fact that unions recognize.
This whole thing disgusts me.
You make enough money now and you have the same job security the rest of us have, now try doing something novel- stop crying and go to work for five and a half hours a day for 3/4 of a year.
Observe what continue to go on in Chicago.
A Liberal Democratic Administration is in a dispute with a pro-Liberal Democratic Teachers Union.
800 Teacher Representatives today rejected a contract proposal because the Liberal Democratic Administration is planning on paying for the new contract by closing excess capacity.
This is the LIBERAL MINDSET ON FULL PUBLIC DISPLAY.
Illinois, in reality, is bankrupt. Chicago, in reality, is bankrupt.
THERE IS NO MONEY. Yet, the Democratic Administration and pro-Democratic Teachers Union are arguing how to spend MORE money.
Confronted by reality, the Democratic Administration wants to eliminate excess capacity. There are 430,000 students in a system capable of housing 600,000. (Approx 24 new schools have opened in recent years. How and why they were constructed is a "wonder" in and of itself. Chicago Democratic Corruption anybody? But this is not the current issue.) Nevertheless, the pro-Democratic Teachers Union are demanding that FANTASYLAND be maintained in its current state.
In short, each teacher wants MORE money but he/she does not want to permit the Administration to seek a source of money to pay for it (justifiably fearing layoffs). The Liberal teachers want unnecessary capacity to continue to be supported. What exactly are these teachers "teaching" in Chicago? Certainly not "common sense."
WHAT YOU ARE OBSERVING IN CHICAGO IS THE 'LIBERAL MINDSET' ON FULL ILLOGICAL DISPLAY. And Republicans have absolutely nothing to do with it.
KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE ON NOVEMBER 6th.
We're a long way from those times, get real.