Yes! I support - teachers – students – and parents - holding demonstrations from NY to CA this week.
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No! In CA $20 billion in cuts and more than 30,000 teachers laid off is just a start - the wealthy need more tax cuts.
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The assault on eduaction began in 70 's under then Gov Reagan when he ended Free education @ U of C . GOP hates public education- hates union workers- dislikes women, cares not a lick for our students, seniors, poor, even disabled Fla Gov Scott cut funding for the disabled Yes he did ! More to come ..How can any one defend that greed ? Fight back Speak out now www.congress.gov Tell your reps " work for us not huge corps- not billionaires. OR we will vote you out !!
You cannot put a dollar value on a good teacher. But my guess is most are not from the wealthy class and got their degrees with student loans. Teachers need to make enough to pay those loans (takes 10 yrs, most don't qualify for those forgiveness programs) and provide a decent livable wage. Needing a degree and (in most states) a masters at some point, not to merntion continuing ed puts them in the professional career category. Why would anyone think they don't deserve a "good" wage? If you ask me CEO's are a dime a dozen, its the workers and middle management that make a company profitable.
So many people today are still saying what great things Ronnie did for Cal. and the US. I lived in Cal. when he destroyed public education there and then continued the destruction when he became President. He should have gone to jail for all the criminal acts he managed as the pres. The right wing is trying to complete the destruction he started. dianhow your comments were so correct, but the vast majority of Americans don't want to believe it. People Dorothy didn't go to the land of Oz, but so many of the people have their heads there. We need more people getting out the word about what these people are doing. Cut the taxes on the rich so we can fire more teachers to pay for it.