"school boards....loaded with retired teachers"......."tons of school boards negotiating contract" This is HYPERBOLE if I have ever read it and a total distortion of truth. As a life long Wisconsin resident, I know of NO school boards that currently have ANY retired teachers on them. Not that being a retired teacher would or should disqualify you from being elected by the citizenry.
Most school districts/teachers are trying to negotiate contracts before the Walker's proposals go into effect because they have been working without settled contracts from the past 2 years. When Walker's plan goes into effect it will be very confusing when applied in arrears. Would teachers owe the school district for insurance/retirement money that has already been paid by the school district this past year? What about payments the district has paid for teachers who retired in 2010? How would the school district recover that money? They can't take it out of checks. The best thing is for school districts to have their contracts settled and than go forward under Walker's new rules.
I don't know what happened to my last post but it never showed up.
Pass Lake,
Here's one for you since you don't know any.
http://www.jailbeta.com/article/retired-teacher-and-school-board-member-william-rehnstrand-pleads-guilty-to-sex-charges-787.htmlAnd I'm sure the contracts are being constructed around Walker's bills aren't they. Under his plan, school districts can deal with the past anyway they like, they don't have to retro anything... The only reason they are doing it is because they are trying to cheat the system, typical union junk that has happened forever. And that is the exact reason they need to be castrated.
My sister-in-law is a middle school spanish teacher, makes over $75,000 not including benefits (which you forgot to include in your last class warfare statement). If I've heard it once I've heard it a hundred times about how she is paid a rediculous amount of money... My brother (her husband) has an engineering degree and is now a stay at home dad, because he can't find a job that pays anywhere near what she get, again not including benefits...
We can't afford these extremes anymore. If you teacher's don't like it your more than welcome to find another job, there are thousands who would gladly take your place for much less. When your looking, make sure to find one with summers off...
And even though your 500,000/30,000/50,000 class warfare propaganda is wrong. That $50,000 you speak of is a little low, now realize that they only work about 8 months (probably a little less) get full medical and in some districts full or even 2 pensions. Pretty sweet deal, and they know it that's why they are fighting so hard to keep their gravy train rolling. Because they now they won't find anything even close.....