“…and yet. so many unthinking taxpayers are all in on every single pay raise and this absurd out of date notion that teachers are underpaid…..it’s that ignorance that sickens me.”
They don;t say that in NJ anymore; in fact, I think it is an idea only pushed on TV nowadays. Chris Christie won a lot of taxpayers’ hearts by exposing the costs of our teachers, at one point telling a teacher at a town hall meeting (who lied about her salary): “You don’t have to do this job”.
I hope you’re right - I’ve been saying this for about 30 years…..and I’ll say this about Christie…he’s a man of many flaws, but he does have his moments where his ability, and WILLINGNESS, to cut thru the crap and tell it like it is really helps our cause.