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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do the teachers on here really not understand that the rest of us are NOT getting raises, "step" increases, cost of living raises, etc.?  Do you not understand that many of us haven't seen any additional money in our paychecks for 4+ years; that we have to pay more money each month for our health insurance; that we don't get pensions; that we are expected to work more for not additional money?  That is what many on this board are saying.  We are living in this area, making no additional money, working hard, being "deserving" and all the rest...but we aren't getting any more money, so paying more hurts us a lot.[/quote]

A little problem with time here, past vs. present. Sure, none of us got raises or step increases over the *past* few years. But as we pull out of the recession, more and more people are starting to get raises and step increases. Actually, not me, but others I know are starting to get raises again. So you think teachers should be the *last* to get raises, they should wait on line after everybody else?[/quote]

Take a look at the recent jobs numbers and economic indicators.  We aren't pulling out of the recession.  If anything, we're about to re-enter another recession.

When one choses to work in the public sector then, yes, they will need to wait until revenue can justify additional expenditures to cover raises.  Similarly, in a business, one must wait for sales/profits to increase before expecting a raise.  That is just the way it works.  It is basic economics.

To the PP who suggests, that parents can't expect their children to get a good education without providing these raises to the teachers.  Baloney.  That is extortion and not good faith.  Can you imagine someone in the private sector demanding a raise when profits don't support it and then telling the boss to not expect quality work without such a raise.  Any employer would fire that person so fast and fill the job with someone else.  I think its time for public sector employees to get a grip and wake up to the economic realities that the rest of us live with at work.[/quote]

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