Originally Posted by
Jesse
Should have followed your own advice, Tonto. Did you do any research to actually refute the numbers cited for annual compensation and benefits? Or is hurling insults the limit of your ability to discuss actual facts? The fact is the manager of financial planning for Milwaukee public schools, Deborah Wegner, doesn't just make numbers up. You see the thing is, and stay with me here for a minute, pay close attention....benefits actually cost money. Yep, they sure do. Yeah, I was surprised, too. But sure enough that's how it works. So the three pension plans Wisconsin school teachers receive (a State Pension, a Teachers' Supplemental Pension, a Classified Pension), their health care plan, their retirement health care plan, well, they all cost money.
So saying they don't, and then making some straw man argument about comparing them to airline wages (?) doesn't make that fact go away.
Well kemosabe, your reading comprehension is sorely lacking. No where in my post did I say "benefits" don't cost money. I said, I don't think a six figure compensation for a college educated/post masters individual is alarming in the least. You made the comment about "total compensation" to days of work.
Typical hypocrisy on this board. Let's complain about all other union members/professions, let's use their total compensation and days of work to infer our own out of context conclusions. At the same time lets compare OUR own hourly wage with that of Southwest and **** and moan about ALPA. Lets NOT use our "total compensation" package (as you proudly noted about MN teachers) and compare them to the rest of the industry. Let's not use our claim/note/pbgc payouts and compare that to UAL, USAIR. Lets not use our equity, out of Section 6 pay raises and compare them to nobody.... Let's complain about Scope give ways under the threat of 1113c contracts, but then suport the government of MN for union busting. Yep lets just all sit on this board and ***** and moan about ALPA and all the other greedy/communist unions out there. Proud day in America folks, proud day indeed..............