I’m sorry. I feel like a total idiot, but the position of the government-employee unions is just so self-evidently totally wrong that I can’t think of any arguments except “Duh!.”
“Care for educators like they care for your child”? Give me a break. I care for my children at no cost to the taxpayers ... so why don’t “educators” want to do the same? (/s)
I went down to the local local demonstration today to see what my local folks were upset about. Had an errand to do at Kinko's and they were right there - convenient walk across the parking lot. Evidently, there is legislation in Nashville that has TEA (not the Party) exercised.
So, I ask one lady what was their message. She mumbled something about pay cuts for teachers and loss of tenure. The a fellow, about my age, took it upon himself to set me straight.
Here's the deal. There's no money for education because the Republicans (who just this past election won the Governorship and control of the legislature) use all the money to build roads to nowhere so their buddies can get rich.
So, what's going to happen is that public education is going to be destroyed as all the rich people (like me) either send their kids to private school or homeschool. The public schools will be left as the caretakers of the poor and underprivileged and I don't give a damn about them.
So, I might as well start killing them all now, because that is my ultimate goal. I was unable to continue this fascinating look into my plans, as some woman dragged him away, at that point.
I realize this is not responsive to the topic of the thread, but I did want to share what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears.