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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOklahoma teachers' demands like a 'teenager wanting a better car,' governor says
Oklahoma's teachers are asking for more education spending than the state can afford, Gov. Mary Fallin insisted Tuesday.
"Teachers want more," Fallin told CBS News in an interview. "But it's kind of like a teenager wanting a better car."
Fallin, a Republican, signed a measure last week raising teachers salaries by about $6,100 per year, while increasing school funds by $50 million roughly 20 percent of what educators were seeking.
On Tuesday, Fallin followed up by signing a measure to raise the wages of school support staff, such as janitors and teaching aides, by $1,250.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oklahoma-teachers-demands-like-a-teenager-wanting-a-better-car-governor-says/ar-AAvrxep?li=BBnb7Kz
Correct me if I'm wrong but I hear the teachers in that state haven't had a raise in ten years.
yesphan
(1,588 posts)they may have received a couple of small bumps over those years,
but other state employees haven't received a legislative raise in 12 years.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)repubs though?
I dont think this can be fixed. They will sure as shit keep voting for the people who are on the record HATING teachers.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)before he would vote for a Republican who voted against them.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)saying that they deserve it because they are all Republicans. I have two nieces and two close friends who are teachers and they are all straight party Democrats.
greyl
(22,990 posts)spanone
(135,916 posts)I watched it.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)She tried all sorts of tricks to make sure OK could evade fed rules re treatment of gay marriage.