“Schoolteacher raises of $5,000 are on the table in Texas — a proposed pay hike that ranks among the biggest in the U.S. since a wave of teacher unrest began last year. But protests aren’t why the money is suddenly available.
“Texas hasn’t even had a teacher strike. But as in other GOP strongholds this spring, lawmakers who have spent years clashing with public schools by slashing budgets, ratcheting up testing and cheerleading private schools are blinking in the face of election pressure as much as picket lines,” reported the AP’s Paul Weber in a story headlined: “Suddenly, Cost-Cutting States Turn Friendly to Teachers.”
First let me point out the inherent bias in this story’s premise: “Cost-Cutting States” have not been cutting budgets but generally spending more and more each budget cycle. This is the lying language of the Left that holding the line on, or somewhat limiting, budget growth is somehow cutting spending.
…it is common to use the people’s money to placate noisy constituent groups. Texas, under both Democrats and Republicans, has done this in relation to teacher pay repeatedly.
Having pointed out the lie in the premise, I admit that there is truth in the story but it is hardly newsworthy because it happens every time states, especially Texas, has a flush budget cycle.
When times are tough for all across the states and budgets are tightly restricted, responsible states rarely increase ongoing expenditures where not forced so to do. However, when budgets are flush, as is the case in Texas at the moment, it is common to use the people’s money to placate noisy constituent groups. Texas, under both Democrats and Republicans, has done this in relation to teacher pay repeatedly.
Common to use the people’s money to placate noisy constituents when budgets are flush
“Texas hasn’t even had a teacher strike. But as in other GOP strongholds this spring, lawmakers who have spent years clashing with public schools by slashing budgets, ratcheting up testing and cheerleading private schools are blinking in the face of election pressure as much as picket lines,” reported the AP’s Paul Weber in a story headlined: “Suddenly, Cost-Cutting States Turn Friendly to Teachers.”
First let me point out the inherent bias in this story’s premise: “Cost-Cutting States” have not been cutting budgets but generally spending more and more each budget cycle. This is the lying language of the Left that holding the line on, or somewhat limiting, budget growth is somehow cutting spending.
…it is common to use the people’s money to placate noisy constituent groups. Texas, under both Democrats and Republicans, has done this in relation to teacher pay repeatedly.
Having pointed out the lie in the premise, I admit that there is truth in the story but it is hardly newsworthy because it happens every time states, especially Texas, has a flush budget cycle.
When times are tough for all across the states and budgets are tightly restricted, responsible states rarely increase ongoing expenditures where not forced so to do. However, when budgets are flush, as is the case in Texas at the moment, it is common to use the people’s money to placate noisy constituent groups. Texas, under both Democrats and Republicans, has done this in relation to teacher pay repeatedly.