Sometimes, teachers and government employees simply don’t get it. It’s the RECESSION, stupid.
We are in a massive recession. Our president is burying us in debt that generations will not be able to pay… and government employees frequently act like they should be immune to the reality that the rest of us must contend with.
My business is down roughly 10%, with the possibility of further cuts looming. I do not complain because I understand that I WILL be feeling my client’s pain. Unemployment in this county is over 9% and climbing, as it is statewide. In Oregon (to our immediate south) unemployment exceeds 12%, with more, perhaps much more, to go.
Yet the vast majority (Not all, certainly, but most) of the government employees and their unions seem to feel they should not have to suffer in the midst of any of that.
Governor Gregoire took pay raises off the table in the face of this state’s roughly $10 BILLION deficit. What was the result?