Posted on 09/10/2010 4:58:50 AM PDT by seekthetruth
I'd like him to be our President too, but he's already unequivocally said he doesn't want that gig.
They took it from Hillary's playbook. Although, I sense, someone in her campaign corrected it as we heard less and less of it toward the end.
Teacher: "How are we gonna pay for... programs....like rain forest field trips, Kwanzaa decorations, copies of Al Gore's film, Neighborhood Watch programs to turn in people who don't recycle, unicorns, skittles...?"
Maybe not to you.
And in my state teachers don't get free health care for life. In NJ, presumably teachers don't get a choice. Maybe they'd rather take a real benefits cut, manage their own health care expense, and have some extra salary or stipend for supplies. But they don't get that choice.
The reason the issue is an agonizing one for many teachers is that since it's out of pocket, they have to choose between bills coming due and helping their students. Sure, especially in NJ there may be a fair number of teachers sitting pretty who could just cut back one latte a week, but every teacher isn't a big bad overpaid union flack.
In general, states and school districts allocate money for what they think schools need, and then teachers have to go out and buy what they actually need. It would be a winning conservative issue to empower teachers to have more control over spending priorities and put tax dollars to better use.
Hate to burst your bubble on Christie. Standing up to Teachers Unions is very courageous /sarc/
But standing up to radical Islam and to leftists in your own party is what makes a President. Christie has no such qualities. But the New York Slimes will love him, because he is not....Sarah Palin.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2582604/posts
AMEN!!!!!!!
I am so tired of the argument “we pay for some supplies out of my own pocket”. My goodness - that teacher gets free or greatly reduced premiums for her healthcare. Tell you what - reduce my healthcare premiums that are about to skyrocket under Obamacare and I will spend $500 per year buying my own supplies. I will take that trade any day...
Fwammm!!!
He's not a President. He's a Governor.
So you're bitter he endorsed Mike Castle. Who cares? He's doing a good job for New Jersey.
Not my children!
This is why I homeschool.
And the fact that a conservative with core beliefs to base all issue positions on
can speak the absolute truth about what he believes
really makes libs mad because they know they CAN’T be honest. Their ideology comes from their ideological “father”.
(When he lies, he speaks his native language John 8:44)
For more bubble bursting see my post # 50.
Union contracts and pensions bankrupt one industry after another yet they refuse to make any sacrifice, any, and then whine and cry when the industry they work folds under the financial pressure.
I only wish he was the Governor of Texas.
I love that man!
If I only voted for people who share my views I wouldn’t vote. I could come up with a list of objections as long as my arm for any politician I can name.
What I’m talking about is a person who you can talk to, who has a position based on an honest difference of opinion. When it comes down to the wire I might not support him over some (not all) of the things you mention, but if we’re gonna get anywhere in this country it won’t be by picking off the people who might be able to get out of this mess we’re in over issues which, if the whole system collapses, won’t mean very much.
You may not be aware of this, but you can't use a health insurance card to purchase school supplies.
Teachers don't get to choose on compensation -- low salary with generous benefits.
Tell you what - reduce my healthcare premiums that are about to skyrocket under Obamacare and I will spend $500 per year buying my own supplies. I will take that trade any day...
Okay, your wish is granted. I'll take $5,000 (or whatever) from your salary to pay for increased benefits. Now go spend $500 for supplies. Now you're down $5500 and the state is managing your health care cost. Congratulations! The difference between you and teachers is that you just ASKED to be paid like a socialist.
No wonder those vicious jackals want people to pray for his death. That’s the only way they’ll ever be able to defeat him.
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