Posted on 08/11/2015 9:41:40 AM PDT by MichCapCon
They got to live within their means.
Such nonsensical things like this is a major reason teachers don’t get any respect and/or sympathy anymore.
This kind of disingenuous whinning reminds me of the Sandra Fluke testimony where she complained of spending $3000.00/year on birth control.
Just looking at her it’s hard to believe any guy would touch her, much less have sex with her at all.
OH, BOO FREAKIN’ HOO...................$80k+............I live well on less than half that!...................
It’s the Obama economy, stupid.
well they have plenty of time for a second job given they only work 2/3 of a year.
Can’t make ends meet? Perhaps their ends are just too big.
I have a kid who’s a teacher. She does not make half of that. She manages to pay all of her bills.
The rare occasion I watch TV I am flabbergasted at the homes “ordinary” Americans apparently live in on commercials or TV dramas. Look at their TV kitchen, its spacious with an island countertop, cherry wood cabinets, stainless appliances. Amazing! $150,000 might be on the low end.
Hell, 30 years back I was working appliance repair/refrigeration making 1/3 of that and lived like a king, wanting for nothing. The only thing more money would have meant would have been more dough in the bank. Better days, then. ;)
Every teacher I know bitches endlessly about money, yet they make more money and have more benefits than any one I know. My brother is a teacher and so is his wife. They make over $80 K a piece and constantly complain about money. They also can both retire at 90% of their pay after 30 years, for life. They also have health insurance including dental and optical for less than $100 premium per month and complain that they use to pay nothing.
They are not alone.
Starve the beast, fire them all. Vouchers for all!
so many teachers are pathetic....I respect few of them.....whiners, self aggrandizing,shallow, with their pretty little “education” degrees....
Cash in-flow is not their problem. It’s the out-flow. Look in their garage, kitchen and closet. There’s where the money went.
Yes, who the hell would want go back to the 80’s as liberals are fond of proclaiming.
Hell, we were all working then.
Doctors often work several jobs.....they never quit...and they don’t retire after 30 yrs....
My friend’s wife is a teacher who doesn’t come close and keeps going.
ThAts good hourly pay. Thanks.
Bear in mind... that Salary is for 36 weeks of student instruction, using the same lesson plan these crybabies used 13 years ago.
Everyone else generally works 50 weeks out of the year, give or take.
I used to work at a public utility company. (power)
The company asked employees to contribute (5) five dollars a week toward their healthcare insurance.
You would have sworn the company was asking them to kill one of their kids.
All the crying from linemen making in excess of $45/hr.
Heh .... you need to hang out with a better class of teachers.
My wife teaches high school. She has BA & MA in subjects relevant to her courses. Near as I can tell, so does EVERY other teacher in the school. Except, of course, the ones with subject relevant PhD. Yes, I’m telling you that, near as I can tell, ZERO of her colleagues have “pretty little ‘education’ degrees”.
But this is a private school ... no ripping off the taxpayer, or paying union dues.
Maybe there’s a lesson here.
Abolish the “public” schools. Educating children is far too important to let the government take over and fsck it up.
The last sentence says it does not include those benefits. The pensions add a lot to the total compensation package.
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