A lot of Wisconsin teachers are protesting against their governor because he wishes to take away the right of their union to collectively bargain.
An end to collective bargaining doesn't mean the state can pull people off the street and say, "You will teach the first grade for $10,000 a year or face up to thirty-years in a gulag."
No more collective bargaining means a potential educator will walk in, receive an offer for his or her services, and then decide if they will accept said offer or find employment at a private institution. It's how most of us negotiate our salary and benefits. Despite right-to-work states like Florida and Texas prospering through these difficult financial times, this is yet another way Democrats claim to "save" the ignorant masses. They're saying, "If we leave you alone to work out a deal for yourself, you'll end up with a $50 gift card from Wal-Mart as a health plan."
Teacher unions have stooped to comparing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to Hitler. I remember Adolf Hitler slaughtering millions of Jewish people, not telling them they must negotiate their contracts individually, which Jewish people would have almost assuredly preferred. In other words, had they the option of being shipped to Auschwitz or negotiating their employment contracts individually, the latter would have been selected by the same margin Saddam Hussein won presidential elections.
The left-wing media has of course failed to mention the fact that Wisconsin teachers make great money. You'd do a spit take if informed how much they annually earn including salary and benefits. If their pay was pittance, 60 Minutes would profile three kindergarten teachers who are so poor they're forced to live together in a one-bedroom apartment with no indoor plumbing. The trio exists exclusively on noodles and dry cereal. Though Wisconsin winters are harsh, only one jacket between them do they have with which to keep warm.
Wisconsin teachers are like a child who demands their $75,000-a-year parents set his or her allowance at $80,000 annually. When the child is told there is literally not enough money, and including the house, car and utility payments, the child must sacrifice a small percentage of their weekly income, the youngster throws a conniption fit. This is understandable because you can't always reason with people whose brains haven't fully developed. It's a shame fiscally responsible politicians are unable to reason with adults charged with teaching the youth of America.
Why are American children testing so low in comparison to the rest of the world? Is it because they lazily play video games 24/7, or is it because their teachers aren't able to grasp the simple concept that employers can't dish out more money than they take in? No wonder we have a generation believing they're owed the moon and the stars; their teachers tell them, "The owners of the company that eventually employs you will undoubtedly posses a bottomless piggy-bank. If they don't pay you at least six figures, it's strictly because the CEO needs the funds to greedily attach an additional game room to his fifth vacation home."
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