Will democrats impose yet another tax so they can pay government union workers more than you?

by **khalid** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:46 pm

January 2007 Manhattan Institute study (manhattan-institute.org):
-According to the BLS, the average public school teacher in the United States earned $34.06 per hour in 2005.
-Compared with public school teachers, editors and reporters earn 24% less; architects, 11% less; psychologists, 9% less; chemists, 5% less; mechanical engineers, 6% less; and economists, 1% less.
-Public school teachers are paid 61% more per hour than private school teachers, on average nationwide.

-8/13/10 USA Today: At a time when workers' pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees' average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The compensation gap between federal and private workers has doubled in the past decade.
Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available.

-2/22/12 CNN, Buffalo, NY:
-The sweet deal that all the 3,400 teachers in Buffalo are eligible to get under one of their insurance plan options, they are billed nothing for any plastic surgery procedure, such as botox, liposuction, tummy tucks, and there is no deductible.
-Linda Tokarz teaches second grade and says she gets regular treatments. She says, "I think its great for us. I wouldn't want to see it taken away."
-While he does have plenty on non-teacher patients, Dr. Bhangoo does say three out of every 10 are Buffalo teachers and the school district's insurance covers every single penny. They will come in for hair removal on their face, liposuction, breast enhancement, and rhinoplasty.
-Last year, Buffalo's schools spent $5.9 million on plastic surgery which is also known as a cosmetic rider. And Buffalo teachers have had this rider for nearly four decades.

-6/11/12 Cato Institute (http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/obama-vs-… “Take a look at the data — as you can see from this graphic, public school enrollment has minimally increased over the last few decades, but teacher employment has exploded — the public school workforce has grown 11 times faster than student enrollment over the last 40 years.”
“Furthermore, on a per pupil basis, the inflation-adjusted average cost of a K-12 education has gone from about $55,000 to about $150,000.”

-6/14/12 townhall.com: Every pay period, the Philadelphia school district puts $155 per union member into a special fund that helps educators pay their personal legal bills, which includes everything from routine legal advice to estate planning.

by **eilis** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:48 pm

Taxes are at a 30 year low.
I don't know what you're smoking but it is effecting your perception of reality.

by **hagaleah** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:56 pm

Sense the 2.3 TRILLION dollar Tax of Obama Care came along without anyone noticing in the media I would have to say Sure why the Hell Not....

by **fyfe** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:05 pm

The states that pay off the unions with jobs and pensions are always the blue states and are all in debt.

Let them go bankrupt and the freeloading union pensioners can take care of themselves like the rest of us.

0bama wants the rest of us to bail out their pensions when I'm not getting one.

Screw 0bama and his dam unions.

by **boyce** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:11 pm

Government unions are a threat to a free market economy. I have nothing personal against union workers, i can see the attraction with the nice benefits. I would rather see the private sector take over.

by **alleyne** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:29 pm

wow thanks for the stats i want to join a union now! i can do the same job and get paid what im worth alright! hey you wouldnt be arguing that teachers should be paid less would you. ?

by **kendon19** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:32 pm

Of course.

its the sole purpose of the Democrat party, more free stuff for their constituents paid for by tax dollars.

More taxes, more benefits, its a guaranteed economic disaster, but Democrats do not care.

by **dent81** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:34 pm

My wife makes 2 G a month. Our rent is 1200 a month. I do not make much less. We have lots of bills to pay and like to have just a little fun. Yeah the government rapes my wife every month. Like 600 dollars. Now Obama wants to Rape my wife some more with his Big Black Cockerspaniel.

by **galvin** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:37 pm

The tax is 1% and only if you don't have health insurance. Reagan raised taxes about ten times. Big deal.

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