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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:54 PM Original message |
Conservative Think Tank Study Finds Teachers Are 'Overpaid' |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. let's have full disclosure |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sorry, too busy counting my money to comment. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. ... |
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SeattleVet (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. How does someone with a Masters in Education... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Well the master's in education |
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soleiri (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. You get out what you put in |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. None of us put anything into it |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. Bash higher education and teachers in the same post! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Hmmmm. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Must be a lousy local university. My MAEd has been invaluable |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. It is |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. MBA is the same thing these days... sold like bubble gum |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Doesn't surprise me |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
57. I've got both, plus a 3rd Masters |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. The teacher of course |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. It's kinda the wrong question to ask, for both of them... |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. How do you find an equivalent for responsibility? |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. What a surprise........ |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a load of shite. Even Michelle Rhee disagrees with it... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. fine, raise the private-sector workers' wages until they're even |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I like it--in fact it is long overdue. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Indeed. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. Exactly, Sir |
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Dutchmaster (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. But . . I thought under capitalism they are allowed to make as much money for themselves as possible |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. but Wall Streeters, unemployed heirs, administrators, and John Boehner are NOT overpaid? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. My guess is it depends how you value the pensions |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. those fabulous pensions are a thing of the past. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well that's what they're getting right now |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. They? What happened to your teacher's pension? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. They are the couple I'm talking about |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. My wife and I started in the 70's for $8000 salaries. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
48. I have been teaching 3 decades. My current salary is $63,000 |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Do you work for a private school? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. It's a public district, all right. part of my problem is that nearly half of |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not as overpaid as right wing think tank |
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Grins (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. George Carlin said it best.. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
63. here's the video |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. who really gives a shit what they have to say? |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. A "study" by AEI? Laughable. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
58. correction: Conservative think-tank... overpaid. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. When can we start eating these people? |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Right after |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Cook them low and slow like a beef brisket.......... |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. That sounds like a pretty modest proposal to me. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. LOL! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. heh. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Who would really want to? Think about it. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. So after 3 decades of gutting private-sector wages and benefits... |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. American Enterprise Institute is NOT a think tank... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, yeah.. |
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Left Coast2020 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yeah! Lets publish another BS study that Cluster Faux can spew... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. The American Enterprise Institute can fuck off..nt |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. The American Enterprise Institute is full of shit. |
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Little Tich (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) had close ties to the Bush |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Perhaps even closer ties to the Koch crime family. |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
38. How Long Before Christ Christie Starts Another Set Of Interviews... |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
41. Someone ought to take about five fourth grade classes down |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. Conservative Think Tanks = Their Best, ''The C'' Students'' - n/t |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. Says the overpaid 'think' tank that contributes zero to society. nt |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. We used to enjoy generous pension plans and job security in the private sector too. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
49. Who cares what some Conservative "Think" Tank says??? They are all idiots with closed minds anyway |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. BS, ask any teacher how many hours each week are spent working... |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
60. That whole "think" tank should be locked in a dank dungeon for keeps |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
62. The right has been spending millions trying to destroy Unions. |
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