Thursday, March 3, 2011

War On The Middle Class

When I saw the following quote from Ed Schultz, I thought to myself, “Oh, come on now!” Well, it turns out ol’ Ed is correct! Here’s the quote:

Schultz: "They got more millionaires in New Jersey than they do teachers, but we got to have the teachers pay for everything."

Here’s the numbers:

227,840 millionaire households in New Jersey
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952253/posts

112,933 number of teachers in new jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/education/data/fact.htm

Now, here’s the op ed from Ed Schultz:

Why Don't Teachers Get the Respect They Deserve? Republicans Would Rather Destroy Schools Than Raise Taxes on Millionaires.
http://www.alternet.org/news/150115/why_don't_teachers_get_the_respect_they_deserve_republicans_would_rather_destroy_schools_than_raise_taxes_on_millionaires/?page=entire