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Closed Teachers Should Report

Submitted at: 11:54 PM CST on Tuesday, Feb 15

Report Updated 02-16-2011 00:03

Mike McCarthy set to make roughly $5 million-per-year

I've been hard on him in the past but he has proved me wrong. Locked up until 2015. Great news for the entire Packers organization.

From profootballtalk.com

It's Official: Madison School District Cancels Classes Wednesday

And there we have it folks........


Click here form channel3000.com

Union leader calls for Madison schools to close during planned sickout

 Quote from Mary Bell President of WEAC:

"Taking away the union’s role in support of teachers will mean teachers no longer have a voice in issues like class sizes, curriculum and other school quality issues. This proposal has a negative impact on every child and on every parent."

This only hurts the kids. 

I thought this was about children and their parents. BULLSHIT! Now parents throughout Madison will have to scramble to find a place for their children. Unlike teachers & state workers a lot of parents do not have the vacation time to accommodate this. This is going to prove nothing. Gov. Walker has the votes and the writing is on the wall.

Something to Think About

From a friend of mine. Kind of puts everything into perspective.

Just remember when you are on your soap box...
I am one bad month away from poverty level finances and two months away from closing...
I put my family's life on the line EVERY day for a business I believe in...
Even when nobody else did...
I would trade that now for a 4% pay cut just to know I would have a job in the future complete with... benefits and pension until I choose to retire.

Deficit Bill Details

Here are the details of the Budget Adjustment Bill

Click here from The Wheeler Report

Guess what?

PENSION CHANGES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTEES. Modifies the pension calculation for elected

officials and appointees to be the same as general occupation employees and teachers.

The Cost of Public Sector Benefits

             And the numbers are in..... Thoughts?

•  In 2001 taxpayers contributed $423 million dollars to state employee health insurance premiums, while in 2011 taxpayers contributed more than $1 billion dollars.  In 2011, state employees paid $64 million toward their health insurance, or about 5.6% of the total cost. (ETF Health Care Analysis)
• From 2001 to 2010 taxpayers spent more than $8 billion dollars on state employee health care coverage—over the same period of time state employees contributed about $398 million. (ETF Health Care Analysis)
• Public employers contributed almost $1.37 billion to the state’s pension fund in 2009, while employees contributed about $8 million, or about 0.6%. (LFB paper 84 Wisconsin Retirement System, Table 28)
• From 2000 to 2009 taxpayers spent about $12.6 billion on public employee pensions, during the same period public employees contributed $55.4 million. (LFB paper 84 Wisconsin Retirement System, Table 28)
• When looking at state operations, state employees account for about 60% of taxpayer cost—77% of state operations for the UW are employees, 70% for corrections, 63% for health services. (State Budget Office Memo 2-9-11)
• Wisconsin taxpayers currently make nearly a 100% payment for the employee portion of the public sector pension contribution.  Illinois and Indiana taxpayers contribute the entire employee portion as well, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio pay 0% of the employee contribution. (State Budget Office Memo 2-9-11)
• Public employees in Wisconsin are vested in the retirement system immediately, while in Illinois it takes 8 years, 10 years in Indiana, 4 years in Iowa, 10 years in Michigan, 3 years in Minnesota, and 5 years in Ohio.  (State Budget Office Memo 2-9-11)
• Survey data finds that private employer HMO plans in Wisconsin typically require a co-pay of $18 per office visit, $45 per specialist visit, $75 per emergency room visit, or $175 in-patient treatment.  The average health insurance premium for these plans averaged $108 per month for single coverage and $261 for family. (State Budget Office Memo 2-9-11)
• Taxpayers spent $733 million of general purpose revenue on fringe benefits for state employees in fiscal year 2010. (State Budget Office Memo 2-9-11)
• Fringe benefits made up 25.6% of school district expenditures in 2008-09.  (State Budget Office Memo 2-9-11)