Comments on: NEA Has Lots of Member Money to Spend on Colorado Political Issues http://www.independentteachers.org/2008/08/nea-has-lots-of-member-money-to-spend-on-colorado-political-issues/ For Colorado educators who want to know their options Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: bdegrow http://www.independentteachers.org/2008/08/nea-has-lots-of-member-money-to-spend-on-colorado-political-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-6 bdegrow Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:25:17 +0000 http://www.independentteachers.org/?p=12#comment-6 "But since you are categorically opposed to unions in principle, you are blinded by the fact that the NEA is actually helping school funding." If we were categorically opposed to unions in principle, CEA/NEA & AFT wouldn't be listed here as membership options for educators: http://www.independentteachers.org/membership-options/ They should be an option, not a mandate. “But since you are categorically opposed to unions in principle, you are blinded by the fact that the NEA is actually helping school funding.”

If we were categorically opposed to unions in principle, CEA/NEA & AFT wouldn’t be listed here as membership options for educators:
http://www.independentteachers.org/membership-options/

They should be an option, not a mandate.

]]> By: Soda Pop http://www.independentteachers.org/2008/08/nea-has-lots-of-member-money-to-spend-on-colorado-political-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Soda Pop Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:31:14 +0000 http://www.independentteachers.org/?p=12#comment-5 Antonucci's quote just shows how being so bent against something ruins your logic. Typical of conservatives, and occasionally afflicting liberals. When tax cuts pass, schools and education are often the first things to get cut. So the NEA spends a mere $20 million in order to protect hundreds of millions from being cut from schools. And that is $20 for all of their efforts nationwide for an entire year in several states. That $20 million spent directly on schools would do nothing. That $20 mil spent on preserving hundreds of millions in taxes for schools is doing a lot. It is simply good business practice. Spend a little here to get a lot later on. If the NEA was a business you would be praising them. But since you are categorically opposed to unions in principle, you are blinded by the fact that the NEA is actually helping school funding. Antonucci’s quote just shows how being so bent against something ruins your logic. Typical of conservatives, and occasionally afflicting liberals.

When tax cuts pass, schools and education are often the first things to get cut. So the NEA spends a mere $20 million in order to protect hundreds of millions from being cut from schools. And that is $20 for all of their efforts nationwide for an entire year in several states.

That $20 million spent directly on schools would do nothing. That $20 mil spent on preserving hundreds of millions in taxes for schools is doing a lot.

It is simply good business practice. Spend a little here to get a lot later on. If the NEA was a business you would be praising them. But since you are categorically opposed to unions in principle, you are blinded by the fact that the NEA is actually helping school funding.

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