Thursday, February 17, 2011

BloggeRhythms 2/17/2011

This seems to be a week where some things are happening that might actually have some impact toward getting the country back on track. Yesterday, New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, faced the press and said that something had to be done about entitlement programs, including social security, or the country, and certainly his state, face the reality of going broke.

Then this morning, in Wisconsin the entire corps of Democrat senators went into hiding, rather than be present for a vote that was sure to pass which would strip public employees of their right to collective bargain. The Republican majority forced the issue because, they say, the state can no longer afford to keep spending money it doesn't have and their deficit keeps growing.

Major beneficiaries of Wisconsin's law are teachers, who went ballistic over the new law and marched in protest.

Now, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008, the average salary for an elementary school teacher was $51,240 while middle school educators earned $50,950 and high school teachers earned $49,400. And I think that's a pretty good wage for baby sitting. Because, as is more evident every day, students all across this nation are learning close to nothing.

So, this teacher's strike, if it lasts for a while, will fall right in place with my point in yesterday's blog. Because if the teachers strike continues and the whole Federal government shuts down, both groups better make a lot of noise about it...because otherwise -nobody's going to notice.

That's it for today folks

Adios

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