>Of course there’s no money left, after paying:
1) all teacher medical insurance premiums,
2) generous defined benefit pensions costs,
3) automatic pay increases
4) for too many administrators and other cushy, 6 figure paper pushing jobs
I know what you’re thinking, if you’re in the private sector you:
1) pay more than half of health insurance premiums for you and your family (employers kick in something, too)
2) virtually no one has defined benefit pensions in the private sector anymore (mostly defined contribution pensions – -you pay most of the cost, you bear all the market risk)
3) I got no raise, or a pay cut
4) I know people who got a 100% pay cut (ie, layoff)
5) middle management/admin jobs get crushed during economic hard times in the private sector
The teacher unions rule the roost, get over it. They have us by the you know what; after all, if they strike/walk out, who will watch the kids?
I wish teachers would “share” their generous economic benefits as we parents “share” the educational burden (homework, participation).
Alas, if you had it as good as they do, why would you give it up?
