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Originally Posted by filtherton
It is striking to me that the same people who will justify obscene levels of CEO compensation by claiming that high compensation is the only way to ensure top talent is retained can easily make exactly the opposite claim with regards to teachers: teachers suck, so lets cut their pay.
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It's funny you should mention that.
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If the State of Wisconsin increased taxes on resident millionaires to take back just one-twentieth of the extra money they've been keeping in their pockets thanks to the Bush tax cuts, that would totally wipe out the need to slash teacher salaries under Walker's scheme. Totally.
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In Wisconsin, it's teachers vs. millionaires - Ron Legro - Open Salon
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