Legislators Should Look Closer to Home to Cut Spending
A Detroit News editorial today calls a plan to cap salaries of public school superintendents and teachers based on what politicians are paid, "gimmicky," and cites this commentary by Mike Van Beek, director of education policy, which states that only 1 percent of school expenses go toward superintendent pay and benefits.
James Hohman, fiscal policy analyst, does have a suggestion in this Dearborn Times-Herald Op-Ed about what legislators should focus on if they really want to cut spending.
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Stupid
That's still 1 percent. Shouldn't we cut wherever we can? Why do you continue to give elite/CEOs a break? Let's face it: you're really not libertarian as much as you are authoritarian.
Teachers will always make more than you. Get over it or become a teacher. Oops, forgot: several on your staff couldn't hack it as teachers.
Explains a lot.