Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Unfairly Demonizes Teachers

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Some numbers the MAINSTREAM MEDIA is putting out there . Average Wi. teachers salary with benies , 89,500$ , average Milwaukee teachers salary and benies 100,000% per year . These people have the nerve to be complaining .
Now we have fake doctor notes being handed out , FIRE THEM ALL . These are the people teaching our children and grandchildren , and we wonder why our schools and children are failing (some of you may wonder , alot of us have known )
Obama should call his thugs off and get out of our state , the GREAT DIVIDER he is .

Hunter of WI 8:20AM February 20, 2011

Even CA is going to have to address their liberal financial difficulties. Not saying conservative States are not in financial woes. But IL passed 66% tax increase, what will happen in CA ? Jerry Brown told unions they will have to make concessions.
Dark side of reality has descended upon this illegal strike. FAKE STREET DOCTOR SICK SLIPS… On VIDEIO TAPE. Real Doctor, no exam. No questions of illness. This slip went to a reporter. No symptoms asked for, just what to do with sick slip.
You know other governors are watching. The President & unions are certainly have their people there. Now the other side wants to negotiate with the Republican Congress. Sooner or later there will be enough to vote on bill. What part of this tantrum spectacle has changed anything...

Bill Hedges of MO 7:41AM February 20, 2011

It's not just Scott Walker doing it. It's also the 1,128,941 (52%) of Wisconsin voters that put him in office doing it. He's doing precisely what we hired him for.

mike of WI 11:15PM February 19, 2011

Education has been failing the nation for over 30 years. A high school education is completely worthless, and more like the equivalent of my 8th grade education. We suggest our kids make it up in college, where they graduate with their high school degree 5 or 6 years later with considerable debt. Still unprepared, they sit unemployed, while the rest of the world gets the jobs. Enough of the unions! The UAW destroyed Detroit and the rust belt, and now we buy American made cars by Honda, Toyota, Hundai and Kia in the south, using Americans being paid $20 an hour with minimal benefits. They do their job with pride and honor, and ask "what can we do" rather than say "we won't do that". Bust these union bums, and fire them all. We have millions of unemployed Americans willing to do their jobs and do them better. This is theft of the taxpayers money. Like it or not, ALL teachers must pay union dues. Ultimately, those dues come from every taxpayer in WI.

bobber of IN 7:23PM February 19, 2011

From class envy to tear jerking sob stories. Trying to cover all the bases ? I don’t recall seeing all these bad things being said against teachers.
Respect is earned not given. Calling in sick to do what they have done is despicable. Though most teachers stayed in classroom.
Stay out until ___ has frozen over. Repeat Air Traffic Controller’s mistake...
Polls will be out next week on this. Doubt will be good for truant teachers…

Bill Hedges of MO 3:51PM February 19, 2011

I know many teachers who give their hearts and souls to their students yet receive the blame for society's ills from the media, right wing agitators, parents, administrators. They spend their own money (often much much more than the $200 federal tax credit they receive) for their students' school supplies because the schools' budgets have been starved by fat cats who do not want to pay taxes. Teachers are thought by some to have it easy--short hours, summers off. HA! I know teachers who get together every week in the summer, without pay, to plan for the next academic year. Also teachers don't leave when their students do. They often spend their evenings planning lessons, correcting papers, talking with parents. I think they deserve much more respect...and money!!! It's a thankless job that I wouldn't want to do nor would many who are so critical.

pjbjd of WI 3:09PM February 19, 2011

Wisconsin teachers don't like leglislation that is being proposed so they call in "sick" and don't show up for work. They are in violation of their contract. The sick out is essentially an illegal strike. They want the right to bargain, but won't honor their contract.
Then they wonder why the taxpayers are fed up with their entitlements. They had better be careful, or they may end up like the sir traffic controllers did.

Bob of TX 12:27PM February 19, 2011

I agree with Walker, it's about time we all get treeted the same.
State employees are no differeant then we are.
I have not seen a raise on my Social Security check for two years now, and we all live in the same state. I have to make work with what I have and so can the state employees.
GO! WALKER!

Robert Weavers of WI 10:40AM February 19, 2011

Wisconsin’s Governor Walker Takes on Public-Sector Unions
February 15, 2011 11:59 A.M.
By James Sherk
"Wisconsin is broke. The current budget is already $137 million in the red. The 2011–2013 biennial budget faces a $3.6 billion hole. So Governor Walker has called the legislature into special session and presented them with an emergency budget. His plan closes the deficit without raising taxes."
"Government employees in Wisconsin get amazing benefits. They get a generous defined-benefit pension with minimal contributions on their part. They also only pay 6 percent of the cost of their health-care premiums. Few taxpayers enjoy anything this generous."
"Government employees get these benefits because of the special privileges government unions enjoy. Government workers in many states — including Wisconsin — must pay union dues or lose their jobs. The state subsidizes their fundraising by using its payroll system to collect these forced dues."
"This gives the union movement billions of dollars, which it uses to elect favored candidates. The American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees (AFSCME) spent more than any other outside group in the last election. Government unions have used this political clout to hijack state government to serve their interests."
"Governor Walker could have raised taxes or fired 6,000 state employees. Instead, like Governor Christie, he decided to actually fix the problems that brought Wisconsin to this point. His budget limits government collective bargaining to just wages, taking benefits and work rules off the bargaining table. He would also require voters to approve any raises above inflation. Walker would prevent government unions from forcing taxpayers to cough up for their gold-plated benefits."
"Having done that, his budget requires state and local employees to contribute half of the cost of their pension contributions — roughly 6 percent of their salary. He also requires them to pay 12 percent of their health-care premiums. By private-sector standards these are modest changes, but they will help close Wisconsin’s budget gap."
"Walker’s budget removes the special privileges that give government unions their outsize influence. His plan allows workers to quit their union without losing their job. He requires unions to demonstrate their support through an annual secret-ballot vote. He also ends the unfair taxpayer subsidy to union fundraising: The state and local government would stop collecting union dues with their payroll systems."
"These measures do not go as far as they could, and Walker exempted the politically popular police and firefighters unions. Still, they represent a major step forward for Wisconsin. They would also serve as a model for other states with similar problems."
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/259792/wisconsins-governor-walker-takes-public-sector-unions-james-sherk

Bill Hedges of MO 8:20AM February 19, 2011

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Check it out.This is a scam, it isn't about education it is about politicians and unions working together to fleece the public.

tmcm of MI 5:35AM February 19, 2011