[Jim Robinson]

Greedy union bastards!

[jtal]

Hey it’s more important to make cash payments to people who game the system vs. actually educating children.

[ClearCase_guy]

Apologies to the dedicated school teachers on the board, but the purpose of Public Education is not to educate anyone’s kids. The purpose of Public Education is to funnel fat pensions to union members. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[PGR88]

I’m waiting for the great financial reset in the USA and then government-union cesspools like this will really be drained.

[blueunicorn6]

“It’s not politics. It’s math.”

You’d think teachers could handle simple math.

[Jane Long]

So much for the cheeeeldrens.

[fish hawk]

even liberals are getting sick of Union crap. right on.
Finally.

[Mariner]

They borrowed $1b to pay the pension fund, backed by the full faith and credit of the Unified School District, of course.

What happened to the other $360mil?

[allendale]

The fiscal reality of $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities is becoming apparent. Soon people will forget Greece, center on Puerto Rico. Then the cascade will commence.

[hinckley buzzard]

Many school districts, Chicago included, issue mass layoff notices after school lets out. It is a contractual thing, and isn't what it looks like. Most if not all will be rehired for the Fall term. It happens every year.

[HLPhat]

ESAD L.I.F.E.R. NEA parasites.

[Kickass Conservative]

Indoctrination pays better than I thought.

[Kickass Conservative]

Remember, every time a Teacher Union Strikes it’s for the Children.

Their Children, who probably attend Private School.
That Tuition isn’t cheap you know.

[tflabo]

Running low on other productive peoples money? Somethings gotta give eventually.

[ully2]

It’s not about education, never has been, it’s about unions getting the stash. They don’t give fig about the kids.

[LegendHasIt]

So... As Moochell 0bama spends tens, if not hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to travel to exotic locations world to tell foreigners to educate their kids better, her own hometown, the place that her ‘husband’ ‘organized’ has to lay off 1,400 people because they can’t do simple arithmetic.

[Lurker]

“Mayor Emanuel said one issue is that CPS does not receive as much money from the state as other districts do when it comes to pension subsidies.”

That’s because your pensions are ridiculous and unsustainable. Even Madigan and Cullerton realize that.

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[DH]

“It will have an extremely harmful effect on students who are disproportionately poor, students of color that are in Chicago Public Schools”

Well! Ain’t that something? Students of color but not white, yellow, or brown kids. AMAZING!

Welfare, free food, free rents, free everything and they are poor students of color and that’s the only reason they are in the condition they find themselves in???????

How about morals, work ethic, adherence to the laws of society and where the hell is daddy.

The word “cesspool” clearly describes Chicago and its out of control labor unions. They crapped in their pants and now they have to wear them.