$55k per year. With benefits, that compensation jumps to about $90k. First of all, those statistics are misleading because it includes administrators and other staff positions without direct responsibility for educating the kids. But I digress.
States facing huge budget deficits are trying balance their books on the backs of state workers at the expense of their bargaining rights. Fox news correspondents have been saying that state employees are greedy and not sharing the pain. They have even gone as far as to state that $90k in salary and benefits is so high that the average worker could and should contribute more to their benefits.
But wait just a minute. Are these not the same people who vehemently opposed increasing taxes on people making more than $250k per year? That's $250k before accounting for any health benefits. Fox ran reports stating that 250k is not rich in America. Conservative elected officials fought tooth and nail to prevent our President and Democrats from repealing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. They said it would be bad for the economy. They pressured Obama and he gave in to their demands.
So if $250k isn't rich and those who earn that and more per year can't afford a minor increase in their taxes, how did $55k become rich? When did it become shameful to fight for union rights while the entities really responsible for our current economic situation rake in record profits and bonuses? Fox argued that rich CEOs should get their bonuses so that they stay and don't leave for higher paying jobs elsewhere. So riddle me this, Batman? What happens when teachers quit to take better paying jobs elsewhere or you lose good quality teachers because we are not compensating them? Who educates our kids then?
I understand people are out of work and that many see government employees as and their health coverage with disdain. But wait a minute. When Obama and democrats passed health care legislation the same people who are upset now are the same ones who want to repeal it. Huh? Does that make sense to anyone? So don't make me get insurance, but I want to tell others that they should pay more for theirs.
We have to get our priorities straight. Somehow we as a society have been tricked into voting against our own best interests. Wake up and smell the coffee, people. I am all for fairness. But beating up on the little guy is hardly fair.
Kevin Greene
1 comment:
Kev . Get out of my head I so agree with you . We are so behind in compensation. When the economy was good you couldnt get good people to work for the government because we dont make enough. Now after a recession we are overpaid. We need to wake up and take our country back. We have given it away to the rich and what have they donem made us poorer.
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