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Re: Fauci
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Also reality is we do pay tons of taxes and if you are going to take a job where the public funds your salary be prepared to hear them complain when they feel they are not getting their money worth just like anything else we would complain about that we have to pay for!!
With that logic, then people that are childfree or no longer have children living in the district should get all their taxes they have paid back. They definitely aren’t getting their money’s worth! Everyone makes choices and those choices usually aren’t something you can pick and choose and decide you want your money back.
Obviously the taxes you are paying aren’t enough as that shows in the crisis that is happening now.
You clearly do not grasp the concept of a public school system if you don't understand why people will complain if they feel that their tax dollars are being wasted on a system that is not working. People who are childfree should be just as involved and actively concerned about the state of the education system. I am shocked that as an educator yourself you don't understand why people are demanding the best for our children, especially considering how much we, as a society, put into the education system.
As an educator I understand completely fine. I also understand that some things are impossible in this CRISIS. The teachers are doing the best they can, and saying that they should be laid off is kind of disgusting.
Our taxes are bundled together with a budget for what gets what for things like schools, universities, transport, unemployment, etc. The TV tax and car tax are separate, and possibly real estate not sure. Are you saying that you pay a separate school tax? If so, that’s pretty dumb and another reason why the tax system isn’t enough in the US.
Yes we 100% on Long Island pay a separate school tax. I can tell you the exact breakdown of what my property taxes were and over $21,000 of it went to the local school tax. Every state is different, but that is how it is done in NY.
And btw not all teachers are doing the best that they can. Not all administrations are doing the best they can. Why does everyone think that because you are a teacher you are working harder than anyone else and you deserve some kind of medal? It's such a strange mentality. Teachers on Long Island are paid very well for the job that they do. No one can say that they are disrespected by the amount of compensation they receive. I wouldn't want to do what they do, that's why I didn't become a teacher. Of course there some standouts that are truly amazing but my kids have had a lot of teachers that were clearly just there for the summers off, benefits, and compensation. I'm working my a** off right now trying to balance my job, homeschool, cooking, cleaning etc. I don't think I deserve any kind of special recognition.
I don’t think anyone wants a medal, lol. The argument gets really old when people complain about teachers, summers off, etc.
And fine that you don’t think you deserve any sort of recognition; I don’t think anyone said that. But someone said upthread that they should be laid off. That’s cruel and lacks empathy. Everyone is trying to balance everything right now. And if someone is doing everything to balance that at 100%, then I guess that person is a super human of some sort.
I don’t want to go back and forth, so I’ll just end by saying that I think the way taxes works in the US is that it clearly doesn’t work.
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Re: Fauci
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I don’t think anyone wants a medal, lol. The argument gets really old when people complain about teachers, summers off, etc.
And fine that you don’t think you deserve any sort of recognition; I don’t think anyone said that. But someone said upthread that they should be laid off. That’s cruel and lacks empathy. Everyone is trying to balance everything right now. And if someone is doing everything to balance that at 100%, then I guess that person is a super human of some sort.
I don’t want to go back and forth, so I’ll just end by saying that I think the way taxes works in the US is that it clearly doesn’t work.
Oh believe me I am related to some teachers and they 100% think they deserve a medal!
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Re: Fauci
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So many inconvenient truths. Since you can be afebrile and even asymptomatic and still transmit the highly contagious virus, taking temperatres is for optics only.
The truth is that if one case occurs in any reopened school, it will spread and the school will be closed. Until we get a better grip on things, it'll just be a bunch of landmines with horrific collateral damage.
You can open whatever you want. If people don't feel safe, they won't go. And without government support, people will be sick AND impoversihed.
We need to come out of denial. I don't know how this got so politicized or why society seems so influenced by provocative conspiracy theorists, who are the least educated among us.
I still say you are very privileged that you can sit home for a year, all in the name of Covid. There are MANY people who are not as lucky as you. My DH works in Manhattan. The things he tells me- food banks with lines 8 blocks long, and by the time some people get to the front, there is nothing left. And it will only get worse as people lose their businesses, etc.
I feel like there are people who will look someone in the eye and say, "i'm sorry you lost your home, your job, your ability to feed your kids, but it was all for the greater good." Nope. Sorry. I am all for doing this into June, I am all for sheltering in place to protect people. But I will never sacrifice my family to save humanity.
Agreed. And again for a virus with a very high survival rate. That is what I am not understanding. I'm truly truly mind boggled.
This is how I feel. I am in MA (third hardest hit state). The average age of Covid death here is 82 and the death rate under 45 is .1%. To shut down the US, bankrupt the economy, deprive kids of education / childhood, and on and on and on, to the point of running the country into the ground, is absurd. Call me callous, but I, too, am truly shocked and baffled by what’s going on.
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