  Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 767 Registered: 12-2005 |
I'm a recent repatriot so I'm a bit lost on this one. I'd appreciate any insight, opinions, historical background on:
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Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 793 Registered: 12-2005 |
I'll ask the above once more then consult the coinflip gods.  Something that others might find useful: http://www.vgt2004.org/a-mi-ga nnett/ | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 801 Registered: 12-2005 |
Michigan may take hit to aid schools Thanks Freep! | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 1629 Registered: 10-2004 |
Prop 5 is just another "more money, better teaching" gimmick. Knowing that Granholm's secondmost election-campaign funding source is from the teachers' unions, I'm hardly surprised. It simply makes those expenditures automatic and sucks even more money out of the private sector--citizens and business--without any say on their part (if they foolishly vote this proposal in, that is...). | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 1202 Registered: 11-2003 |
Both Granholm and DeVos are against Proposal 5. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 808 Registered: 12-2005 |
Not to mention Kwame. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 1630 Registered: 10-2004 |
What people say and what they mean or want are not always as they say... | ||
Spartacus Member Username: Spartacus Post Number: 149 Registered: 07-2005 |
The only group I know in favor of Proposal 5 is the teacher's union. The colleges and universities (who ostensibly stand to see their funding increased) aren't for it. The Freep article even mentions that some school district administrators aren't for it. It should tell you something when the Freep, News, Oakland Press, Devos, Ganholm and Kilpatrick all agree on something. Something has to be done about the crushing cost of the teachers' pensions. By shifting more of the pension costs to the State, the teacher's union hopes to take the heat off of the local governments (who cannot afford to keep paying pension and retiree healthcare costs). If we stick with the status quo some people are going to start questioning the pension costs. By shifting more of the cost to the State, the teachers' union is hoping that people will be less likely to start complaining. The local catholic church is also against Propsal 5: http://www.micatholicconferenc e.org/pdf/focus/focus_200610-P roposal5.pdf | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 48 Registered: 10-2006 |
After the fiasco with the Detroit school strikes, I'm not particularly inclined to believe anything that teachers unions say anymore. If I want more money on my job, I have to work harder and show RESULTS FIRST. |
