May 12, 2014 at 9:28 am
Norm Kellly says:
Is it ALWAYS for the children with libs? There are so few plays in the lib playbook that it gets boring, silly, easy to predict, repetitive, boring, but mostly silly.
There's no correlation between teacher pay and quality of education. If you doubt this, please site the study. Unlike libs, I'll be happy to change my mind when presented with evidence/facts.
If all the states start raising teacher pay, doesn't that make it harder for each state to keep up with the next? There's a difference in cost of living between California and (just about anywhere else!) NC, so how much sense does it make to compare anyone's pay here versus there? Truth be told, which libs know nothing about, it makes NO SENSE to make this comparison. But to compare with states in our region does make some sense.
But if comparing teacher pay in the region makes sense, why is it that libs have so much trouble understanding how EVERY other aspect of life should also be compared? Why not compare tax rates, regulations, various other forms of government interference in the marketplace? Does it make sense to only compare teacher pay between NC and SC or VA? Nope. We also need to take tax rates, fees, benefits, regulations and so many other aspects of government involvement in every day life. All of this government makes a difference in PEOPLE'S lives. What's the gas tax rate in NC compared to our neighbors? What are government set auto & homeowner insurance rates like in the region? Etc. etc. etc.
So, even within the region, it takes more than just a pay comparison to make sense.
Next point: it's been 1.2% raise in 5 years. Any more detail? Any longer period to be considered? You see, when the demon party controlled Raleigh, they ACTUALLY cut education spending. Even with the save-the-day infusion of cash to the state from the Education Lottery, demons ACTUALLY CUT education spending. When was the 1.2% raise given out? Was it while the demons controlled Raleigh? Or was it since the Republicans were given control?
When the demons, friends of the libs & media types (redundancy!), ACTUALLY cut education spending, how did the media respond? Did it make 'news'? Did every lib media type in the state start writing editorials about how destructive the demon Legislature was? How much the demon party hated educators, had no respect for teachers? Did the libs & media types start looking into how many teachers were leaving our state to move to other states because the demon legislature despised teachers so much, had a concerted effort to discourage teachers and work toward destroying the entire education system in NC? How many teachers left our state when the demons CUT education spending?
While NC was borrowing money from the feds, which we couldn't pay back & had no plan to pay back, were our neighboring states also borrowing money to pay for extended unemployment 'benefits'? If not, then there is no comparison between our state budget/spending and theirs. When we go into debt to pay people NOT to work, how is it also possible to increase the pay of those people who DO work? How many other states also had to deal with increased, unpayable debt at the same time as dealing with raising state employee pay?
There are a lot of factors to deal with besides simply paying some people more. Simply saying that cutting taxes will have a negative impact on state coffers may not, usually is not, a true statement. There is history to show that setting tax rates at an appropriate level actually increases the states take. Simply penalizing 'the rich' does not automatically generate MORE income to the state. At a certain point, when the government steals too much money from producers, the producers change their behavior, and usually their residence. How does encouraging people to leave the state, those with money who pay taxes, actually help the state? Look at NY and CA and you will see that this has the opposite effect. Illinois also experienced reality when they chose to increase spending and increase taxes at the same time. Those who have the ability simply move.
Also, since the BHOs economy is SO STRONG, recovery at such a high rate, real unemployment is at record lows, has anyone investigated to see how many teachers leaving NC aren't leaving because of pay issues? How many of those teachers who have left the state or moved to another district within the state actually moved to follow a spouse to a job or a better paying job? And if a teacher moves within the state, to another district, can this be associated with pay issues? Of course not, but the libs and media types will naturally lump them together to prove that Republicans hate educators. So long as the story supports the libs definition of conservatives hating the education establishment and teachers, the story will continue. If the facts of the story change, chances are libs won't notice. Their story likely won't change so that teachers will continue to be encouraged to vote for the demons because THEY love teachers. And if the teachers give control of Raleigh back to the dems, the dems will promise to penalize 'the rich' once again, increase spending, and debt be damned! Quid-pro-quo.
