Take it All!
- Chicago Teachers Union members lodged their first demands for a new contract Tuesday — including pay hikes and a host of topics state law bars the labor group from striking over — months before negotiations will likely accelerate with a new administration.
[...] “Where will the money come from? Rich people,” CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates said Tuesday, as she repeated the union’s call for Illinois to tax its wealthiest residents at higher rates and pointed to revenue-generating ideas that need support from Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
“We have a governor who has committed to legalizing recreational marijuana and putting a tax on it, we can take that as well,” Davis Gates said. “They are also talking about sports betting. We can take that. They’re talking about opening a new casino here in the city of Chicago. We can take that.”
Notice everything that the teachers union says they can "take." Nothing about reducing costs, making classrooms more efficient, cutting out bloated management, maybe contributing what every other civil servant contributes to the dwindling pension funds. No, just "take, take, take."
Rich people have an out though - they're rich enough to move, declare a different primary residence, shift money overseas, create tax shelters, remove all the toilets from their houses, etc. The exodus of millionaires from Illinois will dwarf that from other high tax states.
And that will leave you-know-who holding the bag. Again.
Rich people have an out though - they're rich enough to move, declare a different primary residence, shift money overseas, create tax shelters, remove all the toilets from their houses, etc. The exodus of millionaires from Illinois will dwarf that from other high tax states.
And that will leave you-know-who holding the bag. Again.
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
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Close more schools. Most are half full. Oh and give who ever is left their pay raise.
Pure arrogance, this Sharkey is a true Marxist. A modern day Marxist who wears a Burberry scarf and drinks Starbucks.
“Rich people have an out though - they're rich enough to move, declare a different primary residence, shift money overseas, create tax shelters, remove all the toilets from their houses, etc. The exodus of millionaires from Illinois will dwarf that from other high tax states.”
Hey, two of my close friends are millionaires— they live in a very well to do area on the north side— guess what— they are about to get out of Illinois and head to warmer states. Their main complaint was too much property taxes and no return on investment. Why pay so much property taxes and get shit on in the end. Plus this whole Burke thing really pissed both of them off. One was super pissed at an aldermen who intentionally saw it that he was denied TIFs for a restaurant he opened up. Do for I alone have counted about 15 people who got the fuck out Illinois, all of them have advanced degrees and well paying jobs. I believe my wife knows a welfare leech who left her daughter and moved to AZ and is a homeless their after her BF had enough. She is prolly working a truck stop. But all in all, dirtbags are not leaving, tax payers are
Wasn't the proposed casino profits to be used to shore up Police and Fire pensions? How about the greedy and lazy teachers contribute more than two percent to their pensions?
Teachers' unions are the reason why the taxpaying public hates public employees.
“... “Where will the money come from? Rich people,” CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates said Tuesday, ...”.
Absolutely fucking disgusting. These idiots are the ones who then spew their idiocy to the next generation of clueless, stupid snowflakes who think Bernie Sanders and that goofy Ocasio-Cortez are the answer.
I love the greedy, "We can take that" I heard repeatedly from this Union person. Nice, and they wonder why people are opting out of public schools and going private. I would to if I had the money and children. If I had the money, at this point I would leave the great socialist paradise that Illinois is rapidly becoming. Then again, I may just have to leave anyways. It's getting bad and becoming worse.
What they ignore is that "rich people" are the ones starting businesses that employ students as they get through school, college, the military & etc.
Vacant buildings & lots are worthless to kids.
But at my kid's school, every teacher drives a luxury vehicle for sure;
disgusting, the hand out greed that they show always.
Make no mistake about this-the left means Us when they talk about the rich. $75k is "wealthy" for taxing in their world. Remember that 50% of the adult population in America pays zero income tax. The top 20% of earners pay 80% of the raised income taxes. The left represents the non paying 50%, which is why they can speak so freely about raising taxes, especially on the "wealthy".
Mind blowing to hear some chump at a union telling taxpayers they can take shit. Just sickening. CTU should be dismantled . Look at what they produce ? Why arent the schools looked at like the police department ?
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/more-people-moving-to-indiana-than-moving-away-for-first/article_51019246-a770-5265-a8da-5d64ae033cc4.html?fbclid=IwAR0GkKbekrn5Y4GE5UtySBBs-3MxR3O-9kljOvTifJAR7erwuXgq6Gw9xy4
IL Dems will be pretty upset with this article. Not the fact that everyone is leaving but the fact that IL is only #2 for people leaving. A few more taxes, fees and programs designed to "take money from rich people" will move IL to the top of the list. Hopefully, the IL politicians and labor leaders will qualify as "rich people" but I have a feeling there will be plenty of exemptions to the "rich people" list.
Time to move out of Chicago !
Yep, those teachers need more cash. When you have the whole summer off, you needs some extra cash to get to the Dells. Try paying more into the pension you weasels. Oh, and by the way, teach those little boogers how to write their name in cursive, a little economics, and a whole lot of history that tells the truth about how socialists fuck up everything they touch. Now go cry in your transgender bathroom While worrying if Suzy should be called Billy during the spelling bee.
Teachers are so pro-union. Look at all those high end foreign label cars prominently parked in their exclusive teacher parking lots. These are union first workers who are just flaunting their opulence with sub standard living wages. These car notes are pricey so lets give them more money.
Lets just raise those living wages for teachers already. Lets do it for the children.
How the hell can the CTU ask about raises and other perk when they intentionally refuse to pay their fair share into the pension? If they don’t want to pay 9% into their pension then no other demands should be met.
And they ask why normal people pay for private schools?
One way to generate revenue for the schools are automatic deductions for the children's breakfast, lunch and after school snacks. Let those L.I.N.K. Cards be used like debit cards to help solve those funding crises. Just like those automated deductions for electronic billing or electronic transfer for the everyday people. It sounds cruel to take poor people's money to feed their own children but it is time to give back which the didn't earn (to steal a quote from president Obama.)
The only problem one can foresee is that newly arrived parents living in the shadows are not eligible for government assistance. Maybe there is some way to get democrat leader sponsored relief or American taxpayer funded assistance or even municipal identification cards accepted for use for generous entitlements. The children-Our future scientists, doctors and community activists are counting on the wealthy to pay their fair share. Lets back the teachers and make that highly educated workforce of tomorrow a reality!
As a teacher I demand to be able to work 12 months out of the year despite only working nine months out of the year with summers off. Not fair. Summer is the best time to educate students as evidenced by summer school programs for the disadvantaged. Its unjust to be laid off in the summer months despite being paid an annual salary.
How does one expect students to graduate at a sixth grade level during cap and gown picture time unless teachers are required to work throughout the year? Don't even mention grading papers at home during those grueling nine months out of a 12 month calendar year. Fellow teachers need to get busy and just get a part time and get paid during the summer months. The extra cash money can help pay your children's tuition, pay off your credic cards or those summer months vacation cruises.
Can we just get better funding for more advanced Math, Computer and Science Academies already.
Anonymous CppThis said...
Teachers' unions are the reason why the taxpaying public hates public employees.
1/16/2019 01:51:00 AM
Well stated brother.
We are the rich people. Married couples employed by the city, trades, nursing, administrative or many other jobs have a combined income over 150k. Don't be surprised that 150k becomes the limit for taxing the rich.
Stacy; you are an idiot and your idiot circus will never be allowed to poison the minds of my children. Tax the wealthy more and you will have no one to tax but yourself at the end of that bell curve.
With less than 50% graduation rate half of these schools should be closed and the staff fired, these schools are nothing more than a place for these shitheads to hang around in until they are old enough to go to prison!!
Maybe they need to clean house first and make all those teachers abide by the residency rule. Maybe they should educate there kids in this shit!
They want a voice in housing, why? They should teach what the parents want them to teach, that’s it.
FUCK CTU!! How about result-driven contracts? Performance based compensation? Take that you worthless b....
Instead of listening to all the excuses perhaps the CTU members should be paid on what the actually do and the performance of their students
Time to replace CPS with charter schools.
'They’re talking about opening a new casino here in the city of Chicago. We can take that.”
Sorry that's for our pension fund. And am I the only one wondering why the casino has not opened yet,? Could it be those weekly envelopes coming to the mayor from the casinos just over the border all in sight of downtown
To those who might know the answer:
How many children are enrolled in this city's schools?
What are the demographics of CPS school population?
What is the total size / cost of the CPS budget?
How much does that equate to per child?
A university course is roughly $26 to $30 grand per year.......are we paying more than that per year, per child for the sub-standard education
that CPS is giving the "children" here? Just asking.......because these "children" are leaving school unable to decently read, add, subtract,
speak clearly and enunciate, leaving these "children" totally incapable of entering this 21st century workforce......
"Rich people" is Democrat code for "people with jobs."
Either way, it doesn't matter. In the recent election, Illinois voters, and Crook voters in particular, overwhelmingly voted for politicians who will jack taxes through the roof. Rich and middle-class alike will be more than willing to pay and pay and pay.
"Gibs me dat!"
Illinois
Annual income required to be in the top 1 percent: $456,377
Average annual income of the top 1 percent: $1.41 million
A 2 cop family making $180,000 is probably in the top 10%.
You rich, bitch! Now pay up!!
They should come right back at these assholes and tell them they need to pay more into their pension. Right now they are at 2% per paycheck. Fairy Rahm didn’t have the balls to increase it or even use as negotiating tool. I’m sorry but fuck these assholes. No. Take that back. I’m not sorry. Fuck them
If CPS teachers were compensated on output they would be getting minimum wage, only because you can't pay them less. CPS are truly a cesspool at all levels.
Sharkey’s father in law is a multi millionaire cruise ship owner. He and his ugly wife have a giant expensive house in Chicago. The CTU puts out a terrible product. They deserve nothing. That arrogant racist bitch who demanded more money paid for by the rich. They mean anyone who has a job and isn’t on welfare is expected to pay for their bs. Voting for Prickwinkle gets you more of this nonsense. These scum must be stopped.
Why does anybody feel that they’re entitled to another person’s money? What is the difference between a legislator taking your money or a man with a gun? I don’t want somebody else’s money and I want to keep mine. These people are about as ethical as a sneak thief. They are moochers who have no pride in themselves. Are these the type of people we want teaching our children?
i haven’t trusted the CTU since the “Fuck The Police” chant at their Wildccat Strike a few years back
We have a Gov Prisser who's first act in office is to increase the salaries of state workers, despite the budget crisis, despite the insolvency crisis, despite the credit-worthiness crisis. Nope, first act apparently must be "reward the minions; let the "Rich People" pay". What defines "rich people"? CPS salaries, for a long-term teacher, will likely qualify their own union-members are aforementioned "rich people". There are only so many millionaires in Chicago; most of the population are blue-collar wage-earners living in multi-generational households trying to make it week-by-week. Maybe CPS union-leaders need to comprehend that 70% of US households live paycheck-to-paycheck, with less than $500 in savings. Maybe CPS union-leaders need to realize that furloughed Federal employees here in Chicago are resorting to food-banks and hand-outs after only three weeks without a paycheck.
The teachers are part of the machine.
Anonymous said...
“... “Where will the money come from? Rich people,” CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates said Tuesday, ...”.
Absolutely fucking disgusting. These idiots are the ones who then spew their idiocy to the next generation of clueless, stupid snowflakes who think Bernie Sanders and that goofy Ocasio-Cortez are the answer.
1/16/2019 02:07:00 AM
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They keep saying tax the rich; but they only mean the middle class and no taxes on the rich. The French prime minister ended up eliminating the taxes on the rich and instead taxed the lower classes and absorbed a ton of immigrants from shithoke countries. Wtf is the work coming too I ask
Pure arrogance, this Sharkey is a true Marxist. A modern day Marxist who wears a Burberry scarf and drinks Starbucks.
1/16/2019 12:15:00 AM
Amen brother. My thoughts exactly.
And look which mayoral candidate they align themselves with....Porkwinkle. The biggest social marxist of the bunch.
Rahm closed 54+ schools but yet is spending billions (Our money), building more that are not even near full, guess the family and friends payback for contracts program is in full swing again!
then we have this this is from Toni's contributors there are many but these stand out almost 2 million dollars union money what will taxpayers get in return for this huge buy? but yet toni wants to not build police academy,and do everything possible to restrain law and order while allowing criminals to run free this is just some of it look into the link sunshine on elected is something they don't want wonder are the feds "looking at the money" here?. :
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They make an average of $75k per year and work less than 9 months a year. I’m so sick of hearing about the poor teachers and how hard they have it. Take take take. Wait until there is nothing left. State is bankrupt and tax payers have left. Hope you’re saving your money. I have a friend in Cedar Rapids whose wife makes $35k as a teacher. How about CTU shuts up and works on graduating more than 60% of their students? Unbelievable.
OT- I haven't heard any mayoral candidates talk about the TIF funds. How about a complete independent audit? I know according to state(or is it federal) law that it cannot be used for daily expenses. Can it be used for alderman's local capital improvements. That would free up 50 million( hopefully soon 23 million) for the pension funds. Bike lanes could be included. I am sure that there are many creative ways to use those funds to free up the city budget to make pension payments. Does anyone have some incite?
Taxes in crook county just skyrocketed, jb wants more taxes and he campaigned on raising them to the stratosphere he is a billionaire that never had a concept of money as he was born with a gold spoon and an obviously full belly. People that can leave are, in droves some stay but so many are leaving the crime rate,the savages allowed to attack innocent people, the elected who at every turn are making police the offenders, yes Chicago was once great but Chicago will never be great again.
it is funny how some liberal magazines have called this city county state the most corrupt in the USA, and that says something when the liberals are eating their own,and the feds are where again?
Wealthy people pay most of the income taxes in this country, both state and national. The top 1% of earners pay 1/3 of all federal income taxes. Priztker has refused to release his income taxes and is suspected of paying little or no state income tax as his investment trust is out of the country. The Chicago Board of Education is a patronage haven for democrats. Chicago teachers should come into the real world and realize that the system is teetering on bankruptcy as massive pension payments are coming due and most likely cannot be made. The liberal democratic way, " tax the rich, make them pay their fair share", when no one can define what fair share actually means and ignoring the fact that the upper income people pay most of the taxes as it is. What the teachers union knows and does not want to say is they are coming after you, the middle income earner for the money because that is where the money is.
I wouldn’t let 95% of those slugs teach my kids.
CTU and SEIU are the worst of a large group of progressive lunatic unions. What a joke
Where in the @#$# does she think she gets the riggt to taxes paid by those downstate? Chicago created its problems, and most of ours. Screw her. Butt jabba the hutt will give chicago anything it wants when it comes to a way for politicians to steel tax dollars. I love you cops but you all need to figger out a way to start arresting these bastards and throwing them in the pen. I would say a majority of you have dealt with a alderman or relative breaking law and they walk... Stop that shit. Stand up for whats right. So they fire you. Move the hell out of state to a decent midsize town where you will be appreciated. You have the experience any midsize town would love. Might be a pay cut, but hey guess what. Most people dont pay a tenth of their house value every year in taxes... Let it go back to wilderness... Its not worth what you risk for a few pieces of silver....
The disgusting thing about this is that she is spewing this socialist bullshit to the children that sit in her class. Public schools are the quickest way to indoctrinate children into the “ Big government” is the answer to all of societies problems.
I'm a CPS teacher and I'm appalled by the our union's leadership and their public statements regarding the new contract. The Union's leadership, if you can call it that, makes a great reason for people to not be compelled to join the union.
These young teacher's nowadays are so lazy and want everything....smaller classrooms (so they dont have to work as much) its bad enough they dont even work a full year all year around. Every year we have to listen to this bullshit about their contracts..wtf? Nothing is ever enough for these money hungry fuckers in which half of them aren't even qualified to teach. These teachers dont give a shit about the students..its all about their pocket books and think they should be making "big Bucks" for some unknown reason...fuck them. One of the reasons citizens got the biggest tax increase last time was to pay for the fucking teachers contracts and raises...go fuck yourselves. Crying again? FOP take some notes.
Every year its the same thing with the Teachers Union...Give Me, Give Me, Give Me, how about contributing more to your pension like we do...I thought Rham at one point said WE ALL (city employees) need to help out in times like this...If Pricktinkle gets in as Mayor, she will give the teacher's fucking everything and shit on us...Prevent this from happening....PLEASE VOTE!
CAREFUL what you ask for...
Bash another union for wanting cost cuts and someone may one day ask you how many uniforms you have bought with that uniform check.
or make civilians do reports at the desk.
or civilian lock up keepers
or have a civilian in the camera rooms.
or civilian bosses and call them directors never being the police.
It is not the employees job to save money it is managements.
Like selling 10's of millions of dollars in land that the schools have empty.
dont forget that sharkey went to Fergusson brought dozens of pizzas for the marchers to eat, and marched again the Police a few years ago.,
The teachers are part of the machine.
If anyone wants to know where the financial drain on Chicago is, look no further than CPS. Politicians fear a strike so they give them what they want. Enrollment is way down so maybe it’s time to make some cuts.
So where will the greedy CTU get their money from when all the taxpayers move out of Chicago? Chicago has been losing working population for years. Illinois has lost the most last year. Wake up
The CTU is now officially a ghetto organization, we wants more free shit. What are we going to do for it, nothing! Some of the worst teachers I've ever seen. The left needs it's own planet, so we can be free of their complete idiocy.
"We can take that."
"We can take that."
"We can take that."
They're good at taking things, but not so good at teaching things.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Make no mistake about this-the left means Us when they talk about the rich. $75k is "wealthy" for taxing in their world. Remember that 50% of the adult population in America pays zero income tax. The top 20% of earners pay 80% of the raised income taxes. The left represents the non paying 50%, which is why they can speak so freely about raising taxes, especially on the "wealthy".
1/16/2019 02:43:00 AM
The left's plan is to bleed the middle class dry with high taxes, expensive healthcare, ect, while the their voting base (poor blacks and illegal aliens) get free everything on our hard work. (You machine flunkies pay for that too, keep voting democrat).
Remember, the government doesn't produce anything, they take from us. Ultimately, we will be drained of the fruits of our labors, and wake up one day to the reality that we are under a socialistic government. We are on the verge of that right now. The Orange One is just a speed bump in the left's way.
What occurred under the Jugears administration? Cash for clunkers, Obamacare, GM (government motors) subsidies with government having a hand in who ran GM. There is more. Before Barry, Clinton/Bush (globalist) meddled in private sector by forcing banks to make bad loans to unqualified buyers on threat of sanctions with Jimmy Carter's "Community Reinvestment Act".
The lefts end game is to drain the middle class, and the country's industry, then the big takeover occurs, and we turn communist. What do those sucking off the government teat find appealing about chains?
last time I ran the numbers off the school budget, teachers, and students, the cost for the adults per class of kids was 670k for student earnings while adult earnings were 673k. that was 2011, and it hasn't gotten any better.
Thank goodness that in a very few weeks, I can finally get away from this cancer that is Chicago and Cook County. I will leave it to others to pick up my tax burden and suffer the lunacy of this liberal political and cultural climate. I will be pressing the gas pedal all the way to floor until I see the sign welcoming me to Texas.
Remember how the lottery was going to solve all of the Illinois education woes? Didn't happen. What about the gaming machines in taverns, etc, not much for the state there. Anyone who thinks the casinos will be the savior of pension funds had better look at the numbers. The vendors, contractors, employees, regulation costs, etc will get their end first. How much will be left for the pensions?
I have nothing but contempt for the Chicago Teachers Union. Bunch of greedy, anti-police communists.
This is one of the reasons why one should never subject their kids under the poisonous brainwashing of these commie pseudo-educators...
Entitlement is the core value these selfish quasi-tutors...
Every year, these whiners never miss the opportunity to broadcast their need for more pay, benefits, and recognition...
After all, "its for the kids", right?
We Are All Replaceable
Why don't Chicago teachers enroll their own in the public school system? They all have to live in Chicago, right?
Those of you on Twitter can reach out to
CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates
here https://twitter.com/stacydavisgates
Wasn't the proposed casino profits to be used to shore up Police and Fire pensions? How about the greedy and lazy teachers contribute more than two percent to their pensions?
Teachers have a union, not the moose club with guns. Their union negotiated the amount that they would pay into their pension. Our infernal organization negotiated a no strike clause, the shift dif and the uniform allowance instead of additional pay. Do not knock a real union.
I thought maybe there would be a coming to the senses moment. Doesn't look like that's forthcoming. There's a lot of wisdom in the concept that you "can't fix a problem using the same thinking that got you into the problem". In other words, the greedy, bloated teacher's union, etc. etc., thinks they can just keep going to the golden goose without any repercussions. [as birth rates go DOWN and we get less and less of what we're paying for]
We're seeing the invisible hand of that sort of thinking now in the Illinois exodus, and it's only just begun. The worse it gets [more greed, smaller tax base] the greater numbers of people who will realize that they can move somewhere else, make half the income, and STILL have more money in their pocket.
The more expensive the home, the harder it's going to be to sell into a shrinking market. If you can't leave yet, at least downsize. Your taxes will go down, you'll be able to save up a little money, and you'll have a more marketable property when you finally decide to leave. Do NOT just assume that things are going to continue the way they are now, as bad as that is. They're going to get much worse. Want proof? Pritzker. See you on the other side of the border.
Charge the student's parents a flat tuition fee. They should have some skin in the game. Can't afford it? Then take your section 8 ass to the burbs.
F.O.P. could sure learn a great deal from the Chicago Teachers Union when it comes to bargaining.
Fuck CTU! Don't give them shit.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm a CPS teacher and I'm appalled by the our union's leadership and their public statements regarding the new contract. The Union's leadership, if you can call it that, makes a great reason for people to not be compelled to join the union.
Wasn’t there just a court ruling that stated you are not required to join a union or pay a fair share. Sounds like the teachers have an option to get out
Anybody still living in Illinois deserves this. What would Forrest Gump say?
I lost all respect for the Teacher's Union when they started in with their "Fuck the Police" BS.
It is Peanut Butter Jelly time for those fat fooks at CTU#1
https://youtu.be/iBqelLXFRFU
When it is about money and pension, they say it is for "Our Children". When they were asked to be interviewed and participate in the recent teacher sex abuse scandal, they declined to be interviewed or participate. Fook those lazy mf'rs.
Tax the RICH.........you are RICH if your not getting government cheese.
That’s why the teachers and Rahm have never gotten along.
The only thing each of them knows is “take, take, take”
“ free shit” can be quite expensive. I’m gonna say it. This country will be a socialist shithole in 20 years. All major cities will be a mess. Maybe in the open spaces out west ,will be habitable. Maybe. Also, half the jobs in the future will be eliminated by automation. That degree in art will be worth less than toilet paper.
Where's all that fookin lottery money? Thought it was supposed to be used to pay for schools?
Classic..."Tax the Rich". In any graduated tax rate system raising the higher end has a ripple effect through the entire tax base. You can bet that anyone who actually works for a living will see their taxes increased. As soon as my youngest leaves for college I am out. Let's see what they can take when there is no one left to take from.
And finally...FUCK CPS teachers and the system itself.
Couple of points:
1. Someone above asked about CPS demographics: poor and largely minority
2. Exception to point above.."selective enrollment schools" which were constituted so that liberal politicians could send their kids there..not have to deal with the ghetto kids and they could still say they sent their kids to public. Also so their wealthy white liberal donors could send their kids there.
3. CPS teachers will admit on the QT that their school is little more than housing to give these kids somewhere to go and keep the older ones off the street.
4. I will throw CPS teachers one bone: Many kids are so ill equipped and prepared to learn anything due to their home life. Uneducated undisciplined parents (if there are in fact 2 involved) who don't care about education make for a poor situation that no level of teaching can overcome.
5. FUCK CPS teachers. I have had to send my kids to private school due to the shitty schools and the predators that go there. Now you want to tax me more for a system that is so bad I couldn't even use it. Suck it!
Alexis de Tocqueville said the Achilles heel of democracy is when the populace realizes they can vote money out of the public treasury
i have been in a trade union for 50 years. in that time i have had to produce 100% every day. dangerous work, be careful, but hurry up. all that time ive been told im grossly over paid for a simple tradesman. productivety always going up. accidents not allowed, bad for business. now look at the teachers union. virtually all grossly over weight. most can barely speak english, either broken spanish or ebonics. and their product.............? by most accounts at least 50% defective with another 25 % substandard. in most business you have to strive for 100% to stay in business. can you imagine 50% of skyscrapers collapsing shortly after being built? i find the ctu a bunch of disgusting over paid kommie slobs, many of whom are probably illegals and as someone stated people who hate unions hate them because of scum like the ctu. they funnel millions into the toni campaign so they can steal more of our tax dollars. AND wtf is with the color red for teachers unions? the universal color of communism ! i see the l.a. teachers strike are all dressed in the kommie red. and these scum indoctrinate YOUR children!
https://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?ID=muxBpnJ1EGuuAaEHD2aztQ%3d%3d
1/16/2019 09:06:00 AM
Damn, it's nice to see our teachers union has more than enough money ($1.82 million+)in their coffers to hand out the following small pittance for a mayoral candidate:
$23.00 every minute
$1,379.35 every hour
$33,104.50 every day . . . for the 55 days between 11/21/18 to 1/14/19
You mean at one time you actually had respect for the cut?
Damn spell check. Ctu.
Why all this hate for the CTU? Many of you don't seem to understand just how bad we in the middle class are getting fleeced by the wealthy in this city. Ask any cop working in the schools what it is like for a teacher. CPS has done some ignorant things when it comes to handling money, and the misinformation on here is appauling. For instance, Teachrrs don't contribute to the pension because CPS offered to pay it instead of giving teachers a raise. Now you want teachers to pay that back? Ok... how much more will be taxed if that money is converted into giving teachers the raises they earned! CPS scores are way up through the district, but it is the same Bill Bennett bullshit from 40 yrs ago. CPS never said "F the police"...it was Paige May, who works at a private school. That wasn't even a CTU event...it was a labor event. Oh, and btw, Charter schools are now unionized by the CTU, so more charter schools means more CTU membership.
Don't be upset that the FOP doesn't know how to negotiate for you. I'm sure the CTU can give them some pointers. Many of you seem jealous that some people have power in this city... you have your nose pushed against the store front window, and blame teachers when the real enemy is people like Bruce Rauner and Ken Griffin. Ken Griffin got $19M back on his Illinois state income tax check...did you? Bruce Rauner invested in companies that bought CPS bonds at an inflated interest rate after he threatened bankruptcy...did you? They are making $$$ off of your taxes, and you have your verbal guns pointed at teachers...smdh
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