April 10, 2007
NC Democrats Help the Rich
So, do you think that an annual salary of over $70,000 qualifies someone as in the "rich" category? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the US average salary as just $36,000. And Democrats continue to claim, over and over again, that they're for the "working man" and for "the poor." Well, the NC House (majority Democrats) just voted to give a 12% raise to certain state employees earning over $70,000.
House Bill 1299 just passed the House and it gives that raise. Oh, but it's okay because it's "for the children." This 12% raise is for teachers who make over $70,000. What? You didn' t know there were such things? You thought that all teachers made $12,000 a year, didn't you?
And if you read the formerly mainstream media, I'm sure you will have trouble understanding that on average North Carolina teachers make $2,700 more each year than their peers across the country. You might also not know that teacher pay in North Carolina has increased almost TWENTY percent in the past five years. So, have you gotten a 20% raise in the past five years -- for doing NO additional work? I know I haven't.
Once again -- that's North Carolina Democrats giving a massive 12% raise to state employees who already make in excess of $70,000. That's how they "help the poor."
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ogre, i did a little checking and it seems that "m" teachers are the ones that are affected... those appear to be teachers that have at least a masters degree... and to go over $70k a yeah they would also need to have more than 29 years of service AND NBPTS Certification... so i cannot imagine that there are more than a couple hundred of these teachers state wide... my understanding is that there are something like 20,000 unfilled teaching positions in this state, so this seems like an incentive program designed to keep long term teachers from retiring...
sorry, my father is a 32 year teacher in FL, and i can vouch for the fact that teachers are constantly shit on... frankly they deserve whatever they can get... i have an idea though... why not stop building million dollar football stadiums in high schools and start paying teachers instead
Posted by: chris at April 11, 2007 04:31 AM (qz/By)
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All that you state is true. And so is everything I posted. This raise IS for those who are making a LOT of money already, plain and simple.
In a free market, there's only two ways to get paid a lot of money -- do something no one wants to do, or do something no one else can do. Teaching is both easy and many people want to do it -- there is no economic reason to pay them a lot of money.
Telling entry-level people that if they stay for 30 years that they'll get a raise is in no way a recruitment tool -- this move is a simple way for Democrats to continue to buy the votes of teachers and nothing more.
Most of the waste in education is on the bureaucrats. Check the salaries of principals and superintendents.
So sure, it might be nice and friendly to say that we should pay teachers more -- but that would be anti-freedom and anti-capitalist to do so.
Posted by: Ogre at April 11, 2007 11:19 AM (oifEm)
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there are so many other problems with the public indoctrination system (aka public schools) that teacher salaries are probably the least of the problem... youve got education requirements made by political decisions, youve got schools that have failing grades every year that are allowed to stay open and parents that are FORCED to send their kids ther (or if they dont they still pay taxes there) and youve got schools that arent allowed to tell a kid what they can and cannot say, what they can and cannot wear, and what they can and cannot believe... its a rife breeding ground for left wing recruits and again... the teachers salaries are the least of the problem
Posted by: chris at April 11, 2007 07:24 PM (qz/By)
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Agreed. I honestly think that the entire government-run education system should be shut down tomorrow -- and I also believe that if it were there would be tremendously more educated people, tons more freedom, and a HUGE boost to the economy and jobs.
Posted by: Ogre at April 11, 2007 07:35 PM (oifEm)
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