tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post4295775782073130842..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: Times Union attacks teachersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-18407396420092720902011-06-23T11:51:07.790-06:002011-06-23T11:51:07.790-06:00Did the T-U's logic skip a beat?
"Under ...Did the T-U's logic skip a beat?<br /><br />"Under the circumstances, it hardly seems unreasonable to make state employees pay a small portion of their own pension costs.<br /><br />"The union's lawsuit claims that violates both state law and the Florida Constitution. Gov. Rick Scott insists they're wrong.<br /><br />"Time will tell what the courts decide."<br /><br />Under any circumstances it is grossly unreasonable for a huge segment of public servants to be forced to contribute from their paychecks if it is illegal and unconstitutional, as the union claims in legal action. If my check were getting smaller, I think I'd rather have a judge tell me it was legal than trust the word of a governor.<br /><br />Everybody concedes that government employee pension plans and federal entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare are in need of change. It's such a given that we all forget to ask why it's that way.<br /><br />A married couple a short time from retirement can suddenly be told that the quarter-million dollars they've contributed over their lifetimes together doesn't buy them what they were promised. Teachers who struggle financially now are told that their paycheck is smaller but it's not a tax, and it's all because unions are the ruination of public education/government/capitalism/the economy. (Pick the demon that best fits the various arguments that teachers are the problem.)<br /><br />That's what gets discussed when taxes are the topic. Nobody discusses why things that used to work don't now.OneMannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555463809536702310noreply@blogger.com