Submitted by JoeJohnson69 (not verified) on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 2:10pm.
I am a state teacher and I had to give money back in the months of May and June a few years ago to help balance the State budget. My cost alone was around 300.00. Did it balance the budget? No. And we have not had a pay raise in around the same amount of years as you. So yes, all State employees should receive a raise, but if you don't know the facts don't say that teachers have gotten raises and state employees have not...because you would be wrong. Believe me, the 25.00 minus taxes is small change and shouldn't even be argued about. But hey, it's half a tank of gas, or a few boxes of pencils. What we need is someone as Governor who will ensure lottery money is used for education, knows how to balance the budget, and make this state not 44th out of 50 in pay for state teachers, but let's shoot for a little higher...
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I am a state teacher and I had to give money back in the months of May and June a few years ago to help balance the State budget. My cost alone was around 300.00. Did it balance the budget? No. And we have not had a pay raise in around the same amount of years as you. So yes, all State employees should receive a raise, but if you don't know the facts don't say that teachers have gotten raises and state employees have not...because you would be wrong. Believe me, the 25.00 minus taxes is small change and shouldn't even be argued about. But hey, it's half a tank of gas, or a few boxes of pencils. What we need is someone as Governor who will ensure lottery money is used for education, knows how to balance the budget, and make this state not 44th out of 50 in pay for state teachers, but let's shoot for a little higher...