Madison - Despite Gov. Jim Doyle's public - and repeated - promises that his budget proposal would pay for two-thirds of public education costs, an analysis released today showed that it falls short of that goal.
In a 624-page summary of the budget that Doyle gave legislators last month, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau said the state would pay 65.3% of public school costs in the year that begins July 1, and 65.5% of those costs in the following year.
Because public schools cost about $9 billion every year, each 1% equals about $90 million - money that is tight as legislators begin the process of reviewing Doyle's budget and drafting changes to it. Legislators will act on their version of the budget over the next three or four months.
All you liberal teacher union types are flat out suckers. You stand up for this filthy Governor, then you take it and take it from him and ask for more. It is scary that people that are this stupid to trust Doyle teach our children...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Budget short of two-thirds ed funding
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It's still significantly more that Mark Green threatened to budget.
I didn't see Mark Green mentioned in there...you got screwed by your man again
I have to admit I'm a bit ignorant on this subject. Is the budget the problem, or is the way in which the money's spent the problem? Will more money solve the problem of inadiquate parenting? If not, will more money make a differnce? How about if the money was spent more efficeintly?
Should we vote for the man that promises the most money?
The reason I ask, is because I find myself in the same situation. Our schools are woefully underpeforming. "They" blame a shortage of money; I think the problem goes much, much deeper.
Of course, if I were a teacher, "more" money would always seem helpful.
What I'd like is a way to break the cycle. Do we need to sacrifice now, to the detriment of current students, in order to break the cycle? Or do we continue with the status quo?
The reason inner city public schools suck is because of the bad parenting and poor community the kids come from...however, you need money to have teachers and supplies...and since these kids live in liberal land, they expect the school to do and buy everything for them...costing more money...
example...my school is getting cut 1 million dollars next year...that is about 10 teachers...if the principal cuts things like books and paper...maybe we can get it down to 5
Scorpion says---
The DULLARD Doyle strikes again.
Jay,
When are you going to admit the Democrats are all about raising taxes.
To sum up the rest of what I'm thinking, "The Modern Educational System is neither Modern nor Educational."
Game, according to Doyle's office today, the $100 million short or so doesn't account for SAGE funds, breakfast programs, and choice money--money that will be spent but isn't in the budget right now (I'm a little confused by the phrasing, too), but the whole 2/3 will be there.
And tell pcd that I'm not talking to him any more.
pcd, Jay is not talking to you anymore...
The Game said...
The reason inner city public schools suck is because of the bad parenting and poor community the kids come from...however, you need money to have teachers and supplies...and since these kids live in liberal land, they expect the school to do and buy everything for them...costing more money...
example...my school is getting cut 1 million dollars next year...that is about 10 teachers...if the principal cuts things like books and paper...maybe we can get it down to 5
I'm sorry, but you know how I feel about this subject. I'm in complete agreement with you about this, game, so much so that I came back to post, this one time, and put up with the word verification thingy again. We keep dumping more and more money into this so-called "education" we give these so-called "kids" (I prefer inhuman ingrates), and all it does is keep them spoiled, and make them worse and worse.
It makes it harder on the decent parents too, because (well, considering my own and some friend's experiences with their kids in school, and mine in school) these spoiled ingrates come home expecting another $50 for every last little thing every single day, so they can do something at school. My own answer most of the time to that would be "hell no" with my kids. "You get out there and earn it." Kids have no clue of what they're asking for when they ask for, and expect, that $50, or that $10, or whatever for school, in particular, I feel, in the inner cities (because if they did "get it", they wouldn't be out there stealing, lying, and shooting people for that money or for those drugs; they'd be working for it instead).
The thing is, though, is out of all of this, we have a catch/20. The teachers need their money. I've seen too much that teachers have had to put up with out of these brats whose mommies and daddies cave in to them all the time and give them whatever they want, regardless of what the kid will really do with it (i.e. gang-bang, buy stuff they shouldn't, have stuff they shouldn't, etc.). (Oh, and btw, did I mention that this generation we're raising is nothing but a gimmegimmegimme "it's all about me me me meeeeee" generation?). Out of it all, the teachers see very little, or nothing, and they also have to join this PC bullshit that says "oh the poor kids self-esteem. . . give it to 'em, will ya?" So, in essence, the educational system in and of itself becomes bullshit. Yet, the teachers, the ones who put up with it all, the ones who are caught in the crossfire between the two, are the ones who are the lowest-paid.
So, do we add additional money to the educational system in general (which in itself is bullshit), or do we see to it that the teachers who are forced to play that bullshit, regardless of how they feel about it, get paid decently (and hope and pray they do when we vote in extra money to that educational system)?
I've chosen for the time being, that no money go to the educational system because they don't give the teachers what they are due. After all, it's the teachers who are the trained professionals to teach the kids, and who *should* (however don't) have the right to actually discipline the little rugrats, so at least *some* kids can come out with some sense of knowledge, and conscience.
Until I see the educational system do that, I can't see putting in another dime -- even if it does cost those teachers in the long run. And it already is costing them, dearly.
It's one profession I applaud you and admire you for putting up with, game. However, I know how it goes for you, and know that there are other avenues you can take. At the same time, one still has to admire that you put up with what you do.
I do hope that you all can hear me on this, and don't blow up or take out of context what I'm saying here.
/end of rant. . . by the way, it's taking three tries on the word verification thing *at least* to get this op/ed out.
Game,
I can't help it that Jay is a crybaby and has no honor. If he thinks he can only dish out his spin and not be stood up to, that is his problem.
Did I miss something on this one? I didn't see anything that bad said...
Dedanna,
That's "Catch-22" from the book and movie of the same name. Just helping.
Yeah, I know. Was just trying to get it out as fast as I could, and didn't look back lol. Besides, I think it's pretty obvious what i was saying anyway.
Good movie, btw. :) Have watched it many times.
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