[kingu]

If I want health care through the school that I teach at, it would cost me $920 a month, YES a month.

So, umm, you're advocating a $12,000 a year increase in salary, right?

I'm sorry, but there are plenty of medical insurance options that run far, far, far, far less than that. Get a listing of options from Blue Cross, a 45 year old head of household can get insurance for themselves and their family members for under $300 a month.

People in most states would rather spend tax money by building prisons than having a tax increase for your kids in school.

No, that's a tax increase to pay for the medical insurance for the teachers, not a tax increase for the kids. It's for the kids, it's for the kids -- the last bastion of the liberal mindset.

[Republican Wildcat]

Some of the teachers I know in Kentucky (who are able to think for themselves and realize the KEA is lying) are doing exactly what you have suggested--dropping their state insurance and finding other insurance providers--and also leaving the KEA for KAPE (http://www.kyteachers.org) to pay lower union dues and won't spend the dues on things having nothing to do with teachers.