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The Dems skipped town but the fat HAS to be cut
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Last edited by 500,000; 08-10-2011 at 11:06 PM.
The Dems skipped town but the fat HAS to be cut
My sister was a teacher and it's complete BS about all the alleged time off they get.
Summers off - a lot of it is spent at workshops, closing out the prior year, preparing for the next year - and this isn't including those who teach summer school. Plus, no paycheck during these months.
Add in the long days at the school plus grading papers at night and on weekends.
Yes, there are some bad eggs out there and those need to be dealt with but many are over worked and underpaid. These are the people who have a big part in shaping our future yet are highly under appreciated.
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Public sector should not be paid more then the Private sector
And although there are some GREAT teachers out there, there are too many AWFUL teachers out there as well
Thats why I am home schooling my 2 girls
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Last edited by 500,000; 08-10-2011 at 11:06 PM.
Good, fire all of them who don't show up to work.
Lets see how fast they come crawling back. They have one of the easiest jobs in the country.
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Last edited by 500,000; 08-10-2011 at 11:06 PM.
Sometimes you do make it very apparent that the educational system has failed us.......Originally Posted by 500,000
Are you a teacher or in academia?
The truth is public sector teachers aren't overpaid. A few may earn more than a decent living but the majority aren't so fortunate. What keeps teachers enthused about their profession is the passion to teach. No teacher chooses to instruct based on pay. Neither do professors. The least that can be done to encourage them is the issuance of a satisfactory salary. That's all they want. Teachers are already mindful they aren't in the business of making money.
As the educational system in this country is already lagging way behind other countries, there is no need for unnecessary agitation. Of all the areas where cuts can be made in government, okay scratch that...There are too few areas where government spending can afford to be reduced today. That's a simple fact. And starting with teacher pay isn't wise. For the areas where cuts could be made, their effectiveness will only be a minute impact on the enormous sizes of both the state and federal debts. In order for any modest alleviation of these debts, no less than 4-5 years of dire cuts will be needed.
You know what happens if all teachers are fired? The majority of tax payers go crawling back to the government because they can't afford to educate their kids in the private sector. Meanwhile, the private education sector becomes hot overnight for those parents who scramble to have their kids admitted into private institutions. And so private school fees soar. Then the government, now desperate, has no choice but to re-hire teachers, who will then seize the opportunity to demand even higher pay. Taxes will go up by default and everyone will be screwed.
Given the huge protester turn out, it is in the best interest for Republicans not to drop the ball. When thousands of Wisconsin constituents show up to protest, you just can't afford to be gung-ho. Walker ought to reconsider or he will be doing irreparable damage to the party's image. And that would be the start to handing Obama another win - which they can't even begin to fathom.
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500,000...Democrats aren't socialist. Infact, Americans regardless of party or ideological affiliations can't even begin to comprehend socialism. In terms of ideology, socialism may be understood. But not in terms of practicality. The only way you understand what socialism really is is when you've lived in a socialist society. During the 2008 elections, 2 women in Paris were asked on CNN for their opinions on the so called "socialist" Obama. They responded to the socialist aspect first:
1st woman: Do Americans even know what socialism means?
2nd woman: I don't think they know what socialism is.
And I agree. Sadly, a great many have been indoctrinated into thinking that looking out for others is the same as socialism.
America is so f'd
There is no solution to this debt. / budget crisis but to RESET the system
The current interest bearing fiat paper system is simply untenable
Buy gold, silver and quality domain names
lets see how you deal with students who won't do the work, students who threaten your life and a constant message to cut costs while being told to do more and ensure a certiain % pass to keep funding up.
Although I respect your pessimism, the time to buy gold & silver was ten years ago:
I am no expert but at the current levels I would consider selling gold rather than buying. JMO
As for the state of the economy it is rocky but not impossible to come back from. Unfortunately the only one in congress that seems to speak directly to this currently is Rand Paul. Both the Dems and Reps have their heads up their ass and don't want to admit we need to make drastic changes including cutting the defense budget.
We bought into ten years of war that was never paid for and this has drastically drained the resources of our country. People don't like to admit we got duped by the military industrial complex but the facts are what they are.
More guns less butter. Economics 101......
If you think the time to have had bought hard assets was 10 years ago, you would be correct
However, this is a 25 year bull run in hard assets - so buy gold, silver and quality blue chip domains while you still can
I will quit buying gold, silver and domains when I see Washington restrain from spending or the Bernake stop the quantive easing to infinity
Dollar debasement is the order of the day
Dead on. The defense budget really needs to be slashed. America's defense budget alone is more than the next 20 countries combined.
Gold as a hedge make perfect sense and I wouldn't mind having some in my lackluster portfolio of non domain investments.
Still, I think investing in energy efficiency even on the individual home owner level, is equally as important as long term investment. How nice it would be to be "off grid" and not feeding the utility companies my hard earned cash every month.
Every dollar saved from investing in energy efficiently spends as well as a dollar earned. Those that can apply this concept most efficiently to all aspects of their existence will weather the current economic down turn much better than those that do not have the resources, time, and knowledge to do so.
The world is at a turning point and we must come to accept that we are competing on a global level at an expanded pace. This is going to turn things upside down for a long time as the wage disparities between America and 3rd world countries make it more advantageous for corporations to go elsewhere to produce the worlds goods and services. To be sure this is not new and has been ongoing yet as I mentioned before it has accelerated and the results are starting to become very transparent.
It is going to take a complete rethinking as to what works and doesn't work both in business and in government if America plans to stay healthy in the global economy. So far the rethinking is happening but it's going to be a messy ordeal especially on the government level.
Let's just hope we as Americans and ALL citizens of the world can come together and overcome the obstacles facing mankind in the 21st century. Sorry if this sounds a bit esoteric but I truly feel we are that those cross roads at this time in history ....
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Thanks Info.
Ya, I'm baffled as to why we as Americans think we need to keep spending exorbitant amounts of money on defense when the battle field now is obviously in the realm of economics. Sure we need a strong defense but we also need a logical strategy that fits a modern world.
America should no longer pay to protect multi national corporations that have no loyalty to anything other than profits. They have proven themselves to be beyond America and refuse to hire our workers and pay taxes to support the US military that has protected them and their profits throughout the 20th century.
Yes, multi national corporations have every right to hire workers outside of America and establish headquarters in third world countries to avoid paying US taxes and skirt US laws like Halliburton does. And we as American have every right to say we will not pay for an overburdened military to continue to protect their financial interests through out the world while they exploit the cheap labor and resources of other less developed nations.
If they want the protection of our military then they need to step up, quit whining and quit being the recipients of corporate welfare in the form of US military protection by paying their fair share of the taxes. The US military doesn't protect the poor. That's who gets sent to war to protect the profits of the wealthy......
Squeel like a pig...methinks the OP has watched Deliverance too many times...
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"Just a lot of embarrassment, embarrassed to be part of group of domainers who would do this to their fellow man.",
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Wouldn't that be nice to be able to hit a RESET button and start all over without the debt? lol
I've heard that gold is in a bubble, and also that it could go to $5000/oz. What seems clear is that the value of the US dollar does have to go down, unless they can pull back from the brink of debt. It is getting out of hand.
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That's the sad part, the people responsible for a lot of the mess were back to regular pay and bonuses within two years, while the average person now has a lower standard of living.
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Bingo! Has to be the biggest "organized" crime ever.
When are those that knowingly broke the law, covered up, cooked the books, etc. going to be shackled, handcuffed, and prosecuted?
Not a single exec or mid level exec has been charged or prosecuted for the largest swindle in global history.
None.
"Just a lot of embarrassment, embarrassed to be part of group of domainers who would do this to their fellow man.",
Condemnation of Mobee boys and investors by our precious Mother Theresa of Domaindom
Well, that is EXACTLY what QE is all about in case you haven't figured it out yet. RESET all hard assetsand wipe out existing debt. relative to the new value of a paper dollar.
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Too many ignorant Americans. People will have to be starving on the streets before there will be a revolution.
I realized after the passage of TARP how corrupt things are in Washington.
I moved most of my assets into gold, silver and domains in 2008 after I saw TARP passed I realized how bad this inflation storm is going to be
I have been in Tanzania the past 2 years starting working with a gold exploratory company so I can preserve my wealth in the coming storm
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