Paul Ryan on Chicago teachers strike: ‘We stand with Rahm Emanuel’

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Paul Ryan on Chicago teachers strike: ‘We stand with Rahm Emanuel’
Yahoo! News ^ | Sept. 10, 2012 | Chris Moody

Paul Ryan on Chicago teachers strike:

Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke out against the Chicago Teachers Union strike on Monday, saying he stands behind Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's opposition to the demonstration.

"Mayor Emanuel is right today in saying that this teacher's union strike is unnecessary and wrong," Ryan said in Portland, Ore., according to a pool report transcript. "We know that Rahm is not going to support our campaign, but on this issue and this day we stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel."

More than 26,000 education professionals in the Chicago area did not attend work on Monday over a contract negotiation dispute with the Chicago Board of Education.

President Barack Obama's administration declined to comment on the strike. Emanuel, elected mayor in 2011, was Obama's chief of staff from 2009 to 2010.

Here are Ryan's full remarks:

If you turned on the TV this morning or sometime today, you probably saw something about the Chicago teacher's union strike. I'd like to make a couple of comments about that because it does matter. I've known Rahm Emanuel for years. He's a former colleague of mine. Rahm and I have not agreed on every issue or on a lot of issues, but Mayor Emanuel is right today in saying that this teacher's union strike is unnecessary and wrong. We know that Rahm is not going to support our campaign, but on this issue and this day we stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

 

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Good for Ryan!! He is showing he can reach across party lines to support that which is right!! Teachers should be held accountable for their students grades, they should not be allowed to strike. Imagine turning down a 16% pay raise because you want more, not that you deserve it.

 

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The coverage of the strike has obscured some basic facts. The money has continued to pour into Chicago’s failing public schools in recent years. Chicago teachers have the highest average salary of any city at $76,000 a year before benefits. The average family in the city only earns $47,000 a year. Yet the teachers rejected a 16 percent salary increase over four years at a time when most families are not getting any raises or are looking for work.

Chicago Bled Dry by Striking Teachers’ Unions - By John Fund - The Corner - National Review Online

This is why WI busted the Unions.

 

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Good for Ryan!! He is showing he can reach across party lines to support that which is right!! Teachers should be held accountable for their students grades, they should not be allowed to strike. Imagine turning down a 16% pay raise because you want more, not that you deserve it.

This is likely the most hysterical post I think i've ever read on USMB.