It looks like Smart Girl of the Week is really more like every OTHER week, but oh well.
My next Smart Girl of the Week is Amanda Terkel. She is currently a Senior Political Reporter for the Huffington Post and writes fabulous articles. I read her articles all the time and they are very smart and full of information. Here's her most recent article on Scott Walker.
She was also a blogger for the website ThinkProgress.org and caught some heavy attention from a Bill O'Reilly staffer, Jesse Watters back in 2009. This article talks about the stalking and ambush on her vacation. Anyone who pisses off O'Reilly this much is pretty cool in my book! I couldn't find much more information about Amanda, so I don't know what kind of degree she has or where she went to school. But her work speaks for itself and I am a fan. Check her out!
Follow Amanda on Twitter: @aterkel
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Are You Sick of Highly Paid Teachers?
I got this sent to me in an email. I did not write this. But I thought it was very interesting given current events.
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Are you sick of highly paid teachers? Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!
We can get that for less than minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET'S SEE....That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is! The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!
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Okay, this is me speaking again. Teachers prepare our youth for the future, you know, so that they can run the country some day. Stop funneling the money to the rich NOW and invest in the FUTURE.
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Are you sick of highly paid teachers? Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!
We can get that for less than minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET'S SEE....That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is! The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!
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Okay, this is me speaking again. Teachers prepare our youth for the future, you know, so that they can run the country some day. Stop funneling the money to the rich NOW and invest in the FUTURE.
Friday, March 4, 2011
The State of the Unions
“A unionized employee, a Tea Party member, and a corporate CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches for the plate and grabs 11 cookies, then turns to the Tea Party member and says, "Look out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie."
This is a quote that I took from MoveOn.org which I think originated from the New York Times, but it completely sums up the truth of what is going on in this country. The Fox News version of reality right now is that teachers, cops, and firemen are the problem. Their small wages that they stretch between paychecks to support their family are draining the states and the federal government budgets and making the rest of us pay for them.
Meanwhile, the government is slashing tax rates for corporations, the richest individuals in the country, and handing out subsidies to oil companies in the billions. These corporations are making billions of dollars a year and in the case of some oil companies, trillions. Yes, trillions. Then, the working people in America who are already having a hard time making ends meet are asked to sacrifice for the sake of balancing the budget.
Here’s where you would expect me to start going off on the republicans, Scott Walker, and/or corporations and hold their feet to the fire over their hypocrisy, greed, and the fact that this is all about Politics, not the budget. But I won’t. Because America is finally getting it. They are finally seeing what the working people are up against. So I'll just be here in my Red State, peacefully supporting the unions and waiting for the 2012 elections.
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