tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post1230362440463749021..comments2023-09-13T09:33:46.372-04:00Comments on BEACH MUSIC AND BOAT SHOES: Push PollPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064029383416027632noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post-71151939726970435282011-02-25T13:16:37.812-05:002011-02-25T13:16:37.812-05:00I wonder how many teachers who are conservative by...I wonder how many teachers who are conservative by nature and vote conservatively (probably a lot) know AFSCME gave $40,000,000 almost exclusively to democrats from 1989-2004.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465258729088646466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post-34877637913584998752011-02-24T21:39:18.729-05:002011-02-24T21:39:18.729-05:00Great editorial on the history of public sector un...Great editorial on the history of public sector unions and how they have benefited society in no way whatsoever: <br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldberg-wisconsin-20110222,0,4678423.columnPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064029383416027632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post-57854346789188546232011-02-24T12:35:49.055-05:002011-02-24T12:35:49.055-05:00Proposed solution: get the government completely ...Proposed solution: get the government completely out of the education business. Stop funding of all public schools and replace it with a $5,000 voucher for each child living in a household with income below, say, $50k that would go toward tuition of any private school. <br /><br />Won't happen but that would pretty much solve 90% of the problem. Notice how the US has the best colleges in the world (because people actually have a choice where to go), but the worst K-12 schools (because there is little or no choice).Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064029383416027632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post-30186410423495639752011-02-24T08:01:16.638-05:002011-02-24T08:01:16.638-05:00Public school teachers, in Georgia at least, don&#...Public school teachers, in Georgia at least, don't need unions. Benefits here for teachers are great, and it's near impossible to get fired. There's little incentive to "do your best". If you change grades or something for instance, you aren't fired, you're sent to a desk job making almost six figures. It's one of the big problems with our education system: teacher accountability.Charlie Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879072159125405266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post-43831753361970792272011-02-23T21:58:31.262-05:002011-02-23T21:58:31.262-05:00My question is why compromise when you already hav...My question is why compromise when you already have control of the legislature and the governor's mansion? We need to take the ball and run with it.<br /><br />Honest question, how many of you have "collective bargaining rights" at your job? I know I don't. I'm just not sure why government workers are given special treatment. I know it can be grueling working 9 months a year and getting 2 weeks off for Christmas and not having to contribute anything towards your benefits and being able to fake calling in sick so you can go protest for over a week at the statehouse, but maybe it's time government workers were actually subject to the same discipline that, say, private sector workers were. God forbid.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064029383416027632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685787.post-6845174093067410912011-02-23T16:29:05.592-05:002011-02-23T16:29:05.592-05:00Pat it's my understanding that the unions have...Pat it's my understanding that the unions have already agreed to the Governor's numbers you cited. They just haven't agreed to losing their bargaining rights.<br /><br />This guy offers an interesting compromise:<br /><br />http://www.forbes.com/2011/02/23/wisconsin-teacher-collective-bargaining-leadership-managing-standoff.htmlBarstool69https://www.blogger.com/profile/09918413380795930273noreply@blogger.com