Comments on Advance Indiana™: Obama Campaign Behind Cairo-Style Demonstrations

AI: Please provide some backup for your claim of &...

2011-02-21T11:01:01.800-05:00

AI: Please provide some backup for your claim of >$100k.

From various teacher salary sites, I'm seeing that a starting teacher makes $25k and average salary is $46-48k (2009). Benefits add another 48% to that. Average total comp comes out to $72,139.

For someone who has an advanced degree, the base pay seems really low and the benefits seem a little high... Try hiring an MBA for $25k.

http://www.teachersalaryinfo.com/average-teacher-salary-wisconsin.html

Teachers are tired of being the scapegoat for poorly performing schools and underfunded pensions.

Wisconsin teachers are earning on average over $10...

2011-02-21T10:44:04.818-05:00

Wisconsin teachers are earning on average over $100,000 a year with pay and benefits. The governor is simply trying to get them to pay small percentage of the contribution towards their pension and health care. Private sector workers rarely receive a pension benefit and have to pick up a reasonable share of the health insurance premium cost. This is hardly a move to bust them down to poverty level wages.

I think the headline you intended was: "Koc...

2011-02-21T09:48:37.529-05:00

I think the headline you intended was:

"Koch Brothers Behind Anti Labor Governor and Tea Party"

http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/tea-party-jumps-into-wisconsin-politics/

I just can't understand why everyone is so eager to bust everyone down to poverty.

If you can't earn a middle-class wage as a teacher, fireman or policeman, what job do you propose? Just because someone works for the state doesn't mean that they shouldn't earn a competitive salary.

Investment bankers, CEO's, and various connected elite make millions a year that comes out of our pockets... and we want to bust the chops of teachers?!?

Let's not forget that much of the problem is that states have underfunded the pensions year after year - In Wisconsin they were funding it at 72-78%. It gets very expensive to catch up when you haven't been contributing enough at the beginning.

by the way, "Citizen Kane", government c...

2011-02-18T12:48:18.575-05:00

by the way, "Citizen Kane", government cheese was a Reagan program - Clinton ended it.

When protestors rise up in Tehran, our President i...

2011-02-18T12:41:58.655-05:00

When protestors rise up in Tehran, our President is silent. When protestors in Cairo rise up, our President takes to the airwaves to support their cause. The former is a sworn enemy of the U.S that has called for the nuclear annihilation of Israel; the latter has been a close ally of the U.S. for decades and a stabilizing force in a volatile region of the world. Get back to me as the dominos continue to fall in the region and oil prices skyrocket to the point you're paying $8 a gallon to fill up your tank of gas and let me know what you think this President's agenda really is.

No, AI, I think I have to agree with RJ on this on...

2011-02-18T12:10:46.581-05:00

No, AI, I think I have to agree with RJ on this one. Like him, I generally appreciate your efforts to expose state corruption and misuse of government funds.

That last paragraph, though, that's jumping the shark into conspiracy theory territory, where it reads that you truly believe that President Obama is an active player for a shadow world government/organization, and the he is purposely trying to bring down the United State. That's a bridge too far, AI.

Not at all RJ when you consider the decline and lo...

2011-02-18T08:00:05.188-05:00

Not at all RJ when you consider the decline and loss of private pensions earned by American workers as the public sector has grown at unprecedented proportions built upon a pile of debt financed by foreign interests.

And when the cops act worse over proposed cuts to ...

2011-02-18T07:56:21.928-05:00

And when the cops act worse over proposed cuts to their more outlandish benefits, Republicans support them and inexplicably become pro-union and the greatest friends the FOP ever had.

Do any of you remember the cars parked with sirens running, locked, with the keys thrown in a trash can?

Cuts to public spending from unconscionable employee benefits must start with the police.

AI and CK, The only thing I can add is: "Br...

2011-02-18T07:04:31.675-05:00

AI and CK,

The only thing I can add is:

"Bread and Circuses"

The parallels between America and the decline and fall of the ancient Rome Empire are sadly too stark to ignore.

I appreciate your exposure of corruption in Indian...

2011-02-18T06:11:33.842-05:00

I appreciate your exposure of corruption in Indiana government. And I don't think I underestimate the "new red menace."
But your last paragraph strikes me as almost completely unhinged - approaching Robert Welch's claim that Eisenhower was a conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy."

Too true, CK. That's probably why we are doome...

2011-02-17T21:23:04.019-05:00

Too true, CK. That's probably why we are doomed as a country. When people start moving their wealth out of this country for safer harbors as they already are, it's not a good omen.

Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of people who...

2011-02-17T19:27:45.867-05:00

Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of people who don't care about being free as long as they get their "government cheese."

The beest thing about Obama's reign is that it...

2011-02-17T19:07:20.325-05:00

The beest thing about Obama's reign is that it's almost over.