tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post5176803422857088599..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: "Experts"Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-37704167919368433592011-10-28T08:42:38.800-07:002011-10-28T08:42:38.800-07:00I must admit that I am really getting sick and tir...I must admit that I am really getting sick and tired of this oft repeated and stale comparison between the private sector and public sector. It's called divide and conquer and Christie has played this card to the hilt with lots of support from that toad on NJ101.5, Jim Gearhart. All this whining and boo hoo, people in the private sector don't have tenure, seniority, pensions or health benefits, so why should teachers have these things. Well, because they fought for these things over many decades. Destroying all these hard fought benefits is not going to improve the lot of private sector workers one whit. It will just accelerate the race to the bottom for all US workers, private or public. When do people get a clue that they are being manipulated by corporate America and corporate lackeys like Christie? The right wing corporatists are also busy trying to destroy Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and what's left of unions in this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-17612302695587373912011-10-28T08:31:19.513-07:002011-10-28T08:31:19.513-07:00It's more like acting all powerful czar of sch...It's more like acting all powerful czar of school privatization in NJ. Czar Chris can impose as many charter schools on a given district as he feels comfortable with and the district, the voters have nothing to say about it. Governator Chris has a radical agenda of charter schools everywhere, even for-profit ones and school vouchers. Christie is hell bent on eliminating the unions, gutting bargaining rights, killing off tenure, seniority, health benefits and pensions. Collective bargaining rights for health benefits have been suspended for 4 years. The pension COLA has been eliminated, even for current retirees. It's an all out war against public schools, public school teachers, especially their unions and all the benefits that teachers fought for over many decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com