WLW on Saturday, September 25th
My appearance on the Darryl Parks show on Saturday September 25, 2010 is at the end of this article. But first a few notes:
I woke up on Saturday morning to an onslaught of email. One of the emails is a couple of links to articles where the Ohio Education Association is stepping in and doing some damage control of issues occurring in Southwestern Ohio.
Two of the issues were the appearance of our No Lakota Levy group on WLW radio on Monday. The other was the bill board campaign against wasteful education spending.
There was a lot said in these articles, but then again, not much of any real content which is normal for these types of things. But here is a summary of the key points, and it is in these points that left me feeling completely confident that the position against school levies is absolutely needed. And maybe we are about 15 years too late, but it’s better late than never I suppose.
In the Cincinnati Enquirer there was an attempt to minimize the posting of several billboards around Cincinnati trying to bring to light the spending problems. And the union attacked it with a predictable move, to minimize the activity as advocates for the Republican Party, and further commenting that these people only come out when there is a levy, and then they just go away when the levy situation passes.
And then this article in the Hamilton Journal, told the whole story for me, everything I had been suspecting.
Did she really say that?????
Bonnie spelled out the problem very clear. The No Levy people for the most part believe that unions have increased the cost of labor to where places like China and India are currently doing our work.
The Pro Levy people hold dear the idea that if there were more companies with unions, then more people would have the wages to support other union activity.
This is a fundamental philosophic difference. Any right thinking human being can see that unions have driven up our labor costs in this country. Yet, the warnings that many popular culture spokesmen are making that socialism and unions are deeply connected as a philosophy, look to be more true than fiction.
In the defense of union positions they attacked the Republican Party, and attempted to minimize the commitment level of anyone that opposes them, as if they are somehow more caring because they are involved fulltime in political activity. Funded completly by the tax payer I might add.
Yet with all the retoric their whole philosophy is revealed in that simple statement. And that’s what we’re dealing with. If there were more unions, then more people would be able to afford the high cost of union business. Where do they think the money comes from? Check out the problems they are having in Europe. We all know about Greece, but check out France now. We at least still have elections here where we can bring things back under control. It’s not too late for us…..yet.
I had an invite to go onto WLW this morning. I read all these articles and found myself eager to call Darryl to be a guest on his show. Out of all the media out there, Darryl has not been afraid to tackle issues like this.
It is a shame that bringing a political philosophy into education is even relevant. But it is. Unions have done that on their own. They have attached their social goals to the sacred institution of education. Now it’s up to those of us that have been sleeping, and blindly trusting our politicians to take the steps to fix things. And it will be a difficult journey. But it starts with the vote on November 2nd.
Rich Hoffman
High pay for teachers, automatic pay raises without regard to the position or competence, very high benefits, and very high retirement pay and benefits have priced our local schools out of reach of property owners and taxpayers. Asking taxpayers to cough up more money time and time again, is more than tiring and irritating. It is wrong. The problems must be solved where they should be solved, and that is NOT in the pocketbooks of people who are having more and more trouble just paying their own bills. And WE can’t ask taxpayers to help US out. Vote NO on school levies.
Graeme George
September 26, 2010 at 7:53 pm
gonna send this to my mom
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