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In reply to the discussion: What sort of person does this? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)50. Public school teachers are usually union teachers.
But with Republican legislatures and bullies like Wisconsin's governor, unions can't help much.
In California, we voted in a Democratic governor and a majority of Democrats in our legislature as well as a tax hike -- higher sales taxes and higher taxes on the rich. We cleaning up the mess that a succession of Republican governors left behind and balancing our budget. Democrats can handle the tough jobs. Republicans just borrow and promise to pay later. Republicans talk about fiscal conservatism, but it's all hot air. I'm overgeneralizing, but in my experience, rich people don't manage money nearly as well as poor and middle class folks. They just think they do because they have so much more money to begin with.
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In Wisconsin the Republican led government crippled the unions then cut their pay
alfredo
Sep 2013
#36
Pay for executives should be voted on by members. Unions are democracies, and shouldn't allow
alfredo
Sep 2013
#40
Not sure what is going on for labor in those right to work states. I lost touch when I retired.
alfredo
Sep 2013
#44
It's happening now. I won't get to see the blossoming of the next generations. Old fart I am.
alfredo
Sep 2013
#45
All the while admiring people like Mitt Romney, thinking one day they can be like him.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#56
In the article they talked about the final decision about closures happening in May.
alfredo
Sep 2013
#37
I know this one. Someone who believes the choice is Saint Ronnie or Soviet Style Communism.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#22
People who mouth platitudes but don't really care about children. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#25