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According to the Kaiser Health Foundation, an employee with family health insurance paid an average of $4,000 for their insurance, while their employer paid, roughly $9,700 in 2010. That represents an increase over 2009, when employees paid an average of $3,515 and employers paid $9,860. Average premiums for 2010 and 2009 were $13,770 and $13,375, respectively.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_7756791_aver ... urance.html#ixzz2qfhqPpwD So, Pebble, a teacher paying $900 towards a policy valued at $22K is quite different than the average joe paying $4,000 towards a $14K policy. (And the $900 number I found was from 2011). Advantage, in a big way, to the teachers. (These are family plans, btw. Not sure of your status, but it sounds like a great deal. Enjoy it, because once the Obamacare corporate mandate arrives you'll be paying a lot more).
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Yes, personal responsibility or lack thereof is a big part of the reason we have such failing inner city schools.
Posted on: 2014/1/17 15:29
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The bankers are at fault for the fact that 3/4 of black kids are born to unmarried mothers and are behind the 8 ball from birth because of that? Look at the lowest performing (and the highest subsidized) schools and see where they are located-the inner cities where out of wedlock children are born. And, taken on average, NJ schools are among the best in the country, usually ranked 3rd out of 50. Oh, and Pebble-add in the extra money many teachers make in the summer (working only 180 days/year, vs 245 days/year), their lifetime Cadillac health care value-with spouses, pensions, and your calculation about private/public comparisons is far different from what you state.
Posted on: 2014/1/17 15:13
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Double is way exaggerated, no? And 'the rest comes from the state' is a bit misleading, as the suburban schools just get funded by higher local property taxes while NJ income tax money, paid by the higher earners, gets moved to the urban schools for support. But using Camden as I did earlier (and they're among the worst performing schools in NJ) they spent $23.7K/student. Millburn, generally the top district in the state, spent $17.8K/student. So double is way off.
Posted on: 2014/1/17 15:02
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Finland and South Korea succeed because it's much easier to teach when there isn't a lot of diversity among the students.
I'll bet there aren't a ton of non-Finnish and non-Korean speaking kids needing remedial education. That said, my point about spending on our schools stands-throwing more money at the problem, with the same methods we now use, solves nothing and increases the tax burden needlessly. So come up with some ideas, get behind those who do, or step aside. For those who feel their kids already spend enough time in school, or parents who don't want to be inconvenienced by longer hours, can I assume you're happy with the schools? If not, what would you change?
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Obama said the average family would have better coverage AND save $2,500/year.
Another lie. If the goal was to give coverage to the 15% who lack it, it will turn out to be cheaper just to have underwritten those people in the end. While maintaining the coverage that 85% of Americans were happy with.
Posted on: 2014/1/17 14:13
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Pebble, again, just because you repeat something inside your head doesn't make it any more real, you're only convincing yourself.
Face facts-the untold billions of dollars thrown at failing schools has proven wasted with the methods we've used for decades. Did you see where only THREE kids in Camden scored as college ready this year in their SAT scores? And NJ taxpayers paid 88% of the third of a billion dollars for the Camden school system, with 2.7% funded by local taxpayers. So, the current system isn't working. Now I know you can't force kids to learn, and the schools can't overcome teenaged parents, single parents, children of junkies, yadda yadda. But why not try something different? Maybe charter schools will work. Maybe longer days and longer years can work. Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. Advocating for the status quo is stupid AND wastes money. Don't you want to help the kids? Or you'd rather help the NJEA? http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/educat ... dist_code0680&maxhits=650
Posted on: 2014/1/17 13:37
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So in other words, no-lol. Your salary comparison is bogus without doing so. Who doesn't work weekends for their job, private or public? But just about every teacher I know moonlights during their time off during the summer. And if the teacher has the good fortune to work in the green leafed suburbs the money they can earn tutoring is incredible-which they do right after school. But let's circle back to the original point of the thread-what suggestions does anyone have to improve education-Christie has a couple, longer days/year and charter schools for students who want a choice. The hard line education lobby wants neither.
Posted on: 2014/1/16 22:13
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NJ has the highest starting salary for teachers in the USA, btw.
Posted on: 2014/1/16 21:51
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Pebble, I was typing while you posted. Your salary numbers, are they weighed for the fact that teachers work only about 180 days a year?? You know, the ten week summer vacation, the long holiday breaks, and every conceivable individual holiday?
Or did you not figure that into comparing salaries??
Posted on: 2014/1/16 21:50
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Can you two go back and read, please?
Pebble made the martini comparisons, saying teachers don't get them in the public sector. I just pointed out that the middle class workers who earn the same salaries as teachers earn DON'T get them either. Where did I say teachers take two hour martini lunches? But those middle class workers don't get the Cadillac health plans for life and cushy pensions and sick day payouts, at current compensation levels. And again, Pebble, read up. The Sandy 'investigation' isn't an investigation at all. It's a standard audit. Did you know that, or know the difference? In any case, the Governor has led the way with pension reform, and the beginnings of tenure reform-all to improve both our financial situation and remove ineffective teachers. Both of which will benefit children.
Posted on: 2014/1/16 21:45
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Time to bone up on reading comprehension, Pebble. I wrote comparing people whose salary is similar to teachers don't get two hour martini fueled lunches or get huge bonuses. You know, the middle class. They have 401Ks, no generous sick time buyouts, and no Cadillac health plans for life with spousal coverage. You know, the middle class folk who are paying for the public sector benefits. I'll ignore the talking point, looney left insults as usual, lol. You're nothing if not predictable. In any case, after decades and decades of giving away the house the pendulum is arcing back towards fiscal sanity, if only because we don't want to become Detroit.
Posted on: 2014/1/16 18:09
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I've got friends who teach in big cities as well in cushy suburbs. They all tell me what an easy gig it is.
The only people who have it better are the Port Authority retirees, and the first responders who do actually risk their lives for us and deserve much of what they get, especially those who work in inner cities.
Posted on: 2014/1/16 15:56
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Nonsense, the private sector people whose salaries mimic teachers don't get 2 hour martini lunches and fat bonuses, do they? Except their pensions are 401Ks, and they end up on Medicaid and Medicare rather than have a Cadillac lifetime health plan paid by others. And they don't get to cash out on unused sick days, (excessive numbers of course given per year), and have them paid out at their final rate rather than the rate they were paid 20, 30 years past. Just exactly why do you think Christie won such a convincing victory in a blue state? Because the taxpayers finally are waking up. JC isn't far from Detroit-look what happened to the fat pensions and benefits there . . .
Posted on: 2014/1/16 15:47
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OK, I guess Pebble wants to keep the status quo. As far as teachers being stressed-short days, long vacations, endless summers, practically lifetime employment with tiny chances of losing your job after you receive tenure, terrific pension with lifetime health benefits for you and your spouse.
And yes, inner city teachers should be compensated-if they perform. But the teacher union is adamantly against that, aren't they? But we get a Governor willing to think outside the box (compare to DiBlasio, who wants to eliminate student choice and shutter charters). But DiBlasio is the looney left hero! It's all about the kids, except when it's about the teachers union.
Posted on: 2014/1/16 15:14
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Untrue-but they were waiting to see the back and forth on CSpan by the most transparent administration in US history but the revolution wasn't televised as Obama promised. They weren't there when, in order to get this turd passed, Obama had to make Chicago style back room deals with Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, North Dakota and South Dakota getting payoffs, and the special interest union groups getting exemptions for their Cadillac healthcare. And, even with all that, he had to slip it by using a procedural manoeuver. Without a single Republican vote. And when Obama visited Louisiana, Mary Landrieu, up for election, (er) had another previous engagement so she couldn't attend, lol!
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They sold it a while ago, their lease to stay on ends 12/31, hence the move.
Posted on: 2014/1/15 20:06
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Christie sends his kids to Delbarton because he wants them to have a religious education.
What PS in Washington do Obama's girls attend? DiBlasio in NY wants preK and full day K for all, and is a liberal darling because he's being progressive. Christie wants to be progressive re:education in NJ and is called a teacher hater. Go figure!
Posted on: 2014/1/15 16:26
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No amount of art or music (or math and science) instruction will achieve bright and well educated children without involved, supportive parents.
That's the biggest obstacle in the inner cities, and one that spending more education money can't achieve. Look back through the link I put up and see how even though the inner cities already spent thousands more per pupil per year yet the achievement rates pale in comparison.
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School costs are funded by the state of NJ, local taxes, and Federal money. Zero county money is involved. Here's a link to show how every school district is funded, by percentage and dollars. JC taxpayers are hugely subsidized by other NJ taxpayers. And I was wrong, JC taxpayers have an even sweeter deal, it's 76% funded by the state taxpayers. http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/educat ... dist_code2390&maxhits=650
Posted on: 2014/1/15 15:19
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Art and music aren't core, like the three R's.
Posted on: 2014/1/15 14:52
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You're wrong, especially that 65% of Jersey City schools cost is borne by the State, not local taxpayers. If the longer hours/days ever happens it's likely JC taxpayers will benefit even more from suburban taxpayers than they do now.
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I do shop there, but you have to be pretty particular about the stuff you buy. Some is fine, some is past it's sell by date.
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Of course, but plenty of our winter vegetables come from the Southern Hemisphere, so perhaps it's the end of the season there. I get fresh asparagus in season nearby in Meyersville, next to the Great Swamp preserve at Hilltop Farm. I told a friend about it, was raving about the sticky buds and purplish/green color and she said 'you used to talk about pot like that back in the day'!
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Isn't one advantage of buying in JC (everything else being the same) the 3.5% sales tax?? One way or another I'd use that as leverage if dealing with an out of area dealer.
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Corrado's has had some, but it's been lousy. What size is a 'bunch'?
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I guess we're in some sort of black hole of asparagus seasonality, because no-one has it now for less than $4/lb. My New Year's goal has been to eat a green leafy or stalky vegetable every day and I really like asparagus. I was hoping the place we're talking about would have some well priced but I think it was also $4.99 there. Oh well, I guess it's a 'first world' problem.
Edit to add I did get some Chinese broccoli and baby bok choy, so it's all good.
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A hilarious response. IRSgate? Political dirty tricks not known by the exec-OK! Benghazi-let's roll out Susan Rice to proffer a false narrative, later disowned by the White House (after the election), no problem.
A couple of traffic jams, with no link to the Governor of NJ mentioned, or noted, or reported by facts-string him up! When we have an almost two hour, unedited, honestly answered press conference by Obama and/or Mrs. Clinton about-please let me know. Quote:
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Which pretty much indicts Obama re:Obamacare, and Mrs. Clinton re:Benghazi. So Obama is an incompetent POTUS, and Hilary has proven she was an incompetent Sec of State. But one difference-who has Obama and Mrs. Clinton fired?
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