“We are going to create a system that pays teachers for doing a good job instead of for the length of time they have been breathing.”
—Gov. Bobby Jindal, unveiling his education reform package before the annual meeting of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry on Jan. 17.
“It’s a Biblical principle: if you double a teacher’s pay scale, you’ll attract people who aren’t called to teach.”
–Alabama State Senator Shadrack McGill (R-Woodville), speaking at a prayer breakfast in Fort Payne, Alabama, earlier this week. At the same time, he defended a 62 percent legislative pay increase as a deterrent to lobbyist influence.
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Jindal is creating a systerm where only he and his elite friends can make a living off the government. The people who actually do the work and provide the services have been painted with the brush as a bunch of ne’er-do-well leeches, sponging off the taxpayers while they sit at their desks and do nothing. Jindal keeps bringing in his friends and cronies, making Huey P. Long’s reign look innocent by comparison. I still want to know why the democrats never financed somebody to run against this professional politician. The irony of it all is that Jindal spent much less time working for the private sector that he is so enamored with than he has receiving a government salary. What makes this guy tick, can anybody tell me?
My friend Rory,
There is no possible way that you would understand. You are so jaded and obstinate that the truth could not scratch the surface, much less penetrate the wall of ignorance and ideology you are committed to. Remember that 1 + 1 = 2, the truth is the truth, and should not be shielded by obstinance. Whether you are a Rep. or Dem., try to be unbiased and recognize a logical, rational argument. If it makes sense, then accept it and don’t fight it in an effort to prove allegiance to political ideology. Simply stated, everyone knows that LA state gov’t is bloated and most public employees are overpaid and over compensated re. retirement and benefits. The taxpayer can no longer afford to provide employment for the friends of bureaucrats — this must stop somewhere, whether the offense is by Dem. or Rep., and it must stop now. I speak as a private employer and also as a former state employee. FACT: The public sector does not create wealth; the private sector does.