Who really pays for the teachers?

Teachers are paid out of yours and my real estate taxes. 

We, the citizens, are the real employer. 

We need to be able to control when or IF  teachers can strike. 

AND we need to demand more from the teachers. 

AND we need to demand more of our children.

We need to break the connection between any union and the government. We need to change the rules which allow teachers, fire and police to demand negotiations with the state or city - specially when the state and city are millions or billions of dollars in debt.

Teachers - fire and police unions should not be able to strike or "just not show up on a selected day."

These unions are SERVANTS of the people - not the other way around.

Particularly, the Chicago teachers do not need nor have they earned a raise in pay. The Chicago teachers are over paid now and are offered excessive pension benefits. The "product" these Chicago teachers produce is sub-standard. And the drop-out rate is excessive compared to all other school districts or even a minimum standard.

When these teachers retire, your real estate taxes with pay for their retirement every year. 

What will you get from your real estate taxes??? Absolutely nothing!

Someone needs to stand up to these quasi-governmental service professions and stop the automatic pay raises. 

And that's the way I see it...

Straight Talk with Jay Clifford