Politics Thread

[muskienick]

I dont think anyone is saying you made a "mistake" or that your job isnt hard. I'm sure that it is and no way in hell I could have the patience to do it. However, you cant go into a profession knowing what you are getting yourself into, and then complain about the work, the pay. Not that I'm saying you personally are doing that. I do however hear and see that quite a bit from the teacher community.

Where in his postings did he actually "complain"? What he DID post was a description of his daily routine as a teacher. Since when is that the same as a complaint? Instead, as doing so, he was inviting us readers to compare our daily work-related routine with his and draw our own conclusions.

He provided FACTS, not COMPLAINTS!

[Juice]

Really? Criticizing the use of commute time is your comment? Cool. 10 hours then. Not counting time at home. Or evening meetings. Or conferences. It obviously doesn't matter to you because people who didn't choose a job to get rich should just shut up and accept the "mistake" they made. I'm glad you do your part coaching. I also have coached my son's baseball and soccer teams every year for the past six years. So, if you are already Virtus trained, just send me a private message when you want to try out teaching.

Guy, I also have a job where I work for way less than other people with a JD because I like my job but I also don't cry about my decisions because the larger working world doesn't think I deserve more money.

[Xville]

Where in his postings did he actually "complain"? What he DID post was a description of his daily routine as a teacher. Since when is that the same as a complaint? Instead, as doing so, he was inviting us readers to compare our daily work-related routine with his and draw our own conclusions.

He provided FACTS, not COMPLAINTS!

Um I said in my posting not that he personally was complaining...reading comprehension is your friend

[bjf123]

Arizona, serious question. Why does the left always go after CEO pay, but not address those who make significantly more? The average Fotune 500 CEO makes about $10.5 million. This of course includes equity comp which is only valuable if the company succeeds. Bastion of progressivism Matt Damon averages $40m per year. The average nba salary is $5m and of course LeBron makes nearly $40m. Are entertainers exempt because they lean left and its easier to just paint the CEO as a racist old white guy, or do those on the left honestly think it's easy to lead a large organization so CEO s should not be able to capitalize on their talent as an entertainer does?

If we limited those salaries then teachers could afford to go to a movie or a ballgame.

I agree part of it is the fact that most of Hollywood leans hard Left. How many films and TV shows are shot in Canada or overseas where it costs a lot less that in the US? If they do film in the US, they’re looking for what city / state will give them the biggest tax breaks. Where is the Left in calling Hollywood out for that? Let a pro sports team or major corporation (i.e something likely run by an old white guy who probably leans Right) try to get similar tax breaks and the Left goes nuts because they’re not paying their fair share.

Of course, you don’t hear most of the athletes and entertainers publicly saying the rich don’t pay their fair share, though some have. If those who publicly say they wouldn’t mind paying more taxes had any integrity, they’d have their tax preparers not take all the deductions available to them so they could pay more. Nothing illegal about that! I’m guessing Madonna, Springsteen, Rosie O’Donnell, etc. have an army of CPAs and tax attorneys making sure they pay the least amount possible.

There is a slight difference between CEOs and celebrities in that once an athlete can’t perform, or a movie star’s films stop being blockbusters, they do lose most of their future earnings potential. The celebrities will have residuals coming in for years. How many CEOs of failing companies walk away with an insane golden parachute and end up leading another company in a year or two? It’s harder to see the value a CEO brings to a company, where as it’s pretty easy to see the value of the celebrity. People are paying to see them. When a film flops, it doesn’t impact as many people as when a CEO screws up and negatively impacts a Fortune 500 company, so the stakes are much higher and the pressure much greater for the CEO.


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[mohr5150]

Guy, I also have a job where I work for way less than other people with a JD because I like my job but I also don't cry about my decisions because the larger working world doesn't think I deserve more money.

Not crying, Guy. I've worked as a teacher for 24 years. I like what I do and am pretty passionate about it. I was just stating facts, guy, against the assumptions made about teachers' salaries and how easily they increase. I've stayed in the private sector hoping that, by working for a Catholic school, it might balance out all the bad crap I do and get me a chance to enter the pearly gates. I'm glad you have a job you like...guy. My offer still stands.

[muskienick]

Um I said in my posting not that he personally was complaining...reading comprehension is your friend

Writing memory is one's friend also, XVILLE. Did you forget this sentence: "However, you cant go into a profession knowing what you are getting yourself into, and then complain about the work, the pay."

[Xville]

Writing memory is one's friend also, XVILLE. Did you forget this sentence: "However, you cant go into a profession knowing what you are getting yourself into, and then complain about the work, the pay."

Did you stop reading after that? Look at the sentence that follows that one. Geezus...it's funny I'm talking about reading comprehension during a teaching discussion.

[Juice]

Not crying, Guy. I've worked as a teacher for 24 years. I like what I do and am pretty passionate about it. I was just stating facts, guy, against the assumptions made about teachers' salaries and how easily they increase. I've stayed in the private sector hoping that, by working for a Catholic school, it might balance out all the bad crap I do and get me a chance to enter the pearly gates. I'm glad you have a job you like...guy. My offer still stands.

To become a teacher? No I don't want to be one. How does that make anything I said incorrect?

[GoMuskies]

Post Malone has survived. Hopefully this is a bipartisan moment of joy that we can all use to come together as a nation!

[bobbiemcgee]

Apparently, Trump didn't hire the "best people", just the best crooks.