“Let my people go!”
“Why should I? We’ve got a good thing goin’ here!”
[Thanks to Susan for the nooze tip.]
A Chicago public school teacher makes an income roughly twice that of the average Chicago taxpayer. Nevertheless, in January of 2022, Chicago’s teachers went on strike–supposedly to protect themselves from COVID–and shut down the schools.
Now a group of parents is suing the teachers’ union for that (https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ede07ed0-eaca-11ee-b493-f3806ce592c8.html#:~:text=The%20lawsuits%2C%20filed%20by%20attorneys,cope%20with%20additional%20financial%20strains.).
Hey! I’ve got a question that I haven’t heard anyone ask.
The whole time schools were closed because the teachers were on strike, was everybody still paying school tax? Talk about getting Nothing for your money! And having to keep the kiddies home, say the parents’ lawyers, meant *unexpected costs, *unpaid leave from work, and *additional financial strains.”
And when you looked into it at any depth, it was just about Chicago politics, with the teachers’ union aspiring to be a power broker (Ya mean it isn’t?).
People, people! Public education, teachers’ unions, DEI officers, “school officials” pulling down six-figure incomes–these are not your friends.
Don’t wait for Pharaoh to let the people go. Just go.