Raise taxes on people that can afford it and benefit greatly from a good educational system.
the people don't want to.
either way it is a value judgement about how much of other people's money these people deserve
yep, and most people view an average salary of 50K with a generous benefits package as sufficient.
you could afford to be hire the best and brightest.
the public sector will never be able to match the private sector in terms of salaries, because the public sector does not create profits. its a fools errand to even try.
You see them as working on the backs of the taxpayers, the real producers.
well yes, their paychecks and benefits are mandatory deductions from their earnings.
This is totally irrelevant.
no, its the reason that public sector employees are generally paid less.
Teachers do not get competitive compensation compared to the relative value of their work
who decides the relative value of their work?
to the relative value of their work
are you seriously comparing brain surgeons to teachers? thats just silly.
and people can choose to vote for lawmakers that don't pay teachers competitive compensations
of course, and if teachers don't think they are being compensated fairly, they don't have to do the work.
That is what I mean when I saw the electorate can hold them hostage, and why collective bargaining is necessary.
its absolutely pathetic that you would consider voters reducing a benefits package to teachers as "holding them hostage". the only people being held hostage are the voters, when unions usurp the democratic process. spare us the sob story.
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Date: 20/2/11 22:05 (UTC)the people don't want to.
either way it is a value judgement about how much of other people's money these people deserve
yep, and most people view an average salary of 50K with a generous benefits package as sufficient.
you could afford to be hire the best and brightest.
the public sector will never be able to match the private sector in terms of salaries, because the public sector does not create profits. its a fools errand to even try.
You see them as working on the backs of the taxpayers, the real producers.
well yes, their paychecks and benefits are mandatory deductions from their earnings.
This is totally irrelevant.
no, its the reason that public sector employees are generally paid less.
Teachers do not get competitive compensation compared to the relative value of their work
who decides the relative value of their work?
to the relative value of their work
are you seriously comparing brain surgeons to teachers? thats just silly.
and people can choose to vote for lawmakers that don't pay teachers competitive compensations
of course, and if teachers don't think they are being compensated fairly, they don't have to do the work.
That is what I mean when I saw the electorate can hold them hostage, and why collective bargaining is necessary.
its absolutely pathetic that you would consider voters reducing a benefits package to teachers as "holding them hostage". the only people being held hostage are the voters, when unions usurp the democratic process. spare us the sob story.