Posted on 09/20/2004 9:49:21 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Gov. Ernie Fletcher said yesterday that the Kentucky Education Association has "gone too far" by calling for an October strike unless the state improves the health-insurance plan for public school employees.
In a statement released yesterday afternoon, Fletcher urged the union to reconsider, and he said unless that happens, "it is inappropriate for me to negotiate in response to an illegal threat." -- The Courier-Journal
It is a FINANCIAL challenge when you consider the homeschool parent has to do it without your benefits and pay while still paying into your salary. BTW, do you support rebates for homeschooling parents so they can better educate their own children? As a teacher, I would think you would want the best education for EVERY child, not just the ones you teach and that would include the same financial considerations you want to homeschoolers and those, many of whom struggle, to put their children in private schools.
I can agree with what you have said. The hard to part is finding the correct criteria to evaluate teachers on.
I don't believe you.
Show me a URL that I can go to for a public school system where it says it costs this much for their employees health care per month.
Please tell me you don't use the same profanity with them that you do here?
Oh yeah, well most of you NOW hags who are so adamately in favor of abortion are so ugly that nobody would ever want to have sex with you in the first place.
Well you have three months off and 52 weekends off- so why not get another job to pay for your life insurance? Instead, it appears, you would rather take it from people who themselves don't have health insurance ,who work tons of hours,( weekdays and weekends), and who do not have three months of vacation.
Spell check is your friend..especially when defending teachers..
"And we are only paid for working 9 months"
Your benefits are in force 12 months a year.....
Fletcher seems really good. 2012 hopeful maybe?
Not arguing with you, but I'd like to add my thoughts, as someone who has worked in both the public sector (public school teacher, 18 years; private school, 1 year) and private sector (tech writing in hi-tech/software industry, 17 years).
Private, publicly-held companies must distribute profits to the stockholders first. Workers may not see any of it (not all companies have employee profit-sharing).
A government entity does not make profits - all of its money comes from taxes. So school districts with a "surplus" (unspent budget monies) should return it to the taxpayers.
To keep up with soaring health insurance costs, businesses eliminate/decrease other benefits, have layoffs, and freeze hiring. I haven't had a raise in over 3 years, have lost vacation time, and am doing the work of laid-off coworkers.
Unemployed workers can pay COBRA health insurance at the same high rates as everyone else - they don't get a break simply because they're out of a job.
The original subject was health care and what they are fighting for. You are the ones that went into everything else.
All I asked was, "Why is it so bad for them to want health care paid for?"
Next to government, Unions are the biggest violators of individual rights.
What benefits? I can't afford my WONDERFUL BENEFITS.
I am a former teacher who took a huge drop in pay to teach, (I also have a BSEE and MSEE and was a working engineer when I went into teaching.) Teachers must accept their contract. (and I am glad it is a no strike contract). Teachers should look to other ways to lower their med insurance. (Higher deductibles and tort reform come to mind.) Most teachers unions support democrats, and democrats are highly beholden to the trial lawyers assn which is directly responsible for high value awards for malpractice and hence high malpractice insurance costs which drive medical costs higher. Teachers cannot have it both ways. My opinion, Get Over It, keep teaching if that is what you want to do. Accept that high premiums are part of the price of todays set of laws. (I am retired and pay $600 out of pocket fees each month for my medical insurance, and if the costs go up, my fees go up. my retirement plan also pays $400 per month, which does not go up. I think medical fees are high enough, and teachers should join republicans in securing tort reform. That is what they should be fighting for.
Sometimes you have too.
Your question was designed to change the subject.
That's all you have attempted to do this entire thread and don't stop, it appears.
What is wrong with you? Were you in special ed or something? Why the inappropriate insults that make you look like a disfigured malcontent?
Also I dont think you help yourself any by taking that shot at someone who home schools.
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