How low can Walker's supporters go?

[47of74]

Pretty low, it seems. Take this guy. He took specific teachers, named them and how much they make in a letter to the editor.

After reading the exchange that Rep. Tranel had with two of the teachers, I decided to do a little research. According to the state Department of Public Instruction public records concerning those teachers:

He went on to identify some teachers and what they make. I won't repeat it here. Sure the information is publicly available, but it bothers me that he did that. I wonder if he would like it if I found out what he made and bitched about it in the paper.

People can have only one LTTE a month published in the paper in question. I just had one published last week. Otherwise a conservative-angering letter would be making it's way through cyberspace right now to that paper to tell the community what I think of these tactics.

[nebenaube]

1. Another ingnorant asshole that doesn't realize

that in a meritocracy, those with degrees get paid more.

[Kablooie]

6. Those that get paid by the Kochs to spread slander get paid more.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Bullies hate to lose....the jerk is one....thus his dispicable action

[LadyHawkAZ]

3. I wrote to them

Bookmarking the paper's opinion page to see if it makes it to print.

[47of74]

10. If you get a verification phone call...

...that's a pretty good sign that your letter has a good chance of making it to print. That's not always the case, but 9 times out of 10 when they called me my letter was in the paper within a week.

[barbtries]

4. how much should a teacher make?

they're not anywhere near overpaid if you ask me. what position is more important? jeez. i did also notice that the writer's address was published along with the letter. that's not exactly private.

i'd write something back about, say, dick cheney. dig up how much money he's made over the years, all on us poor hapless taxpayers. what good has he done? compare that, warmongering, ratfucking, privatizing for profit, to what a teacher does, educating.

[47of74]

8. That always bothers me too

Having my address printed when I submit a letter to that paper. I don't like how they make it so easy for the area's teabag population to figure out where I live, and they can then get my phone number then and call me pretty easy. The paper insists they have to do that.

[barbtries]

12. yet strangely

thousands of papers across the land don't have to do that. maybe it's a local law?

[Hannah Bell]

5. and the paper published the names? i have more problems with that,

as it singles those particular teachers out for harrassment.

two teachers who make $41K + benefits. wow, shocking.

[Scuba]

7. Bingo.

[City of Mills]

9. It's happened to me, and yes it is public information

Every year when the updated list is made available, it launches a wave of annoyance, as anyone who knows me can look me up and see what I make. They list my name, my vague job title, and my annual pay. I don't care what other people think, I can't do much about that anyway. But it causes a lot of internal tension, as you can imagine. Jealousies come out between coworkers. Departments. Pieces of the list get passed around Facebook for review, scrutiny and judgment. I don't think I have a family member who doesn't know exactly how much money I make at any given time. That's one of the benefits of being a public employee.

[TheKentuckian]

11. They are constrained by the laws of physics rather than decency.

I reckon black hole or anti-matter is the limit on their entropy but there is more we don't know than do.