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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 06:38 AM Original message |
So the local University is having to make massive staff cuts - you know what some "CEOs" are doing? |
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remember2000forever (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Remember when Teaching was considered a "Noble Career"? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I don't remember any evidence of teaching being a Noble career and i am nearly 40. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You're not old enough - "noble" doesn't mean "makes a lot of money" |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I am old enough to read a dictionary. I also have taught. Stop being a jerk. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Touche! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Didn't you know professors are capitalist pigs because they have TIAA CREF |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. rofl |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. HAHAHAHA |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Beat me to it. n/t |
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The 12th Guru (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. CEOs get paid, so do Actors, Athletes, Authors, Musicians, Models, lawyers, etc. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Here's The Rub... |
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The 12th Guru (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Should they violate legal contracts |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I don't think that anyone deserves to make that... unless you tax it at 90% |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. My personal feeling is that anything over 1 million a year should be |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Paying For Failure... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I agree with you but I don't think it's that complicated. No one "deserves" to make 400 times what |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It's Not What They Deserve As It Is What Others Feel Its Worth... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I understand your sentiment - that hard work and success should be rewarded |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. Is this a private or state-supported university? Would you tell us which one? |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. State... one of the biggest in the country |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Fort Worth disbanded the Public Health Department. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Who needs public health? Wall street? WE need that, but health? Meh |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. Is it this university? That's pretty drastic-- here in Florida we've been through |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Ouch, I'm sorry to hear of your troubles :( |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yep. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep that's been the story since they bought our government and killed our unions |
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