how very hypocritical of you... do you know how many people work50 hour weeks (weekends, late nights, holidays...)for only $40,000/year? and they don't get every holiday off, not to mention 2 months in the summer... and the service they provide is no less valuable, yet you wouldn't know it by looking at their paychecks or benefits -none of which,by the way,are subsidized by our tax dollar.

I would rather work holidays then educate pregnant teenagers and gang members.
Teachers don't get paid enough. Period.

do you know how many people work50 hour weeks (weekends, late nights, holidays...)for only $40,000/year? and they don't get every holiday off, not to mention 2 months in the summer... and the service they provide is no less valuable, yet you wouldn't know it by looking at their paychecks or benefits -none of which,by the way,are subsidized by our tax dollar.

Yet, once again Lina is throwing red herrings into the conversation....
What is the point of this argument? In our more or less free market economy every single one of those people that Line mentioned have a right and an opportunity to leave their 50hr, $40K jobs and become a teacher and garner all of those faboulous benefits. Why don't they?
Well because it is one of the more difficult, thanklessjobs that majority of people don't want to for any money

I couldn't resist not to post it here:
1.THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself
MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks th e ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
to be con-ed

2.CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green.’
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant ’s house where the news stations film the group singing, ‘We shall overcome.’ Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group curse God for the grasshopper’s sake.
Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC & nbsp;drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

3.The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant’s old house, crumbles around him because he doesn’t maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010.

I thought it may fit the theme ( conservatives, liberals,capitalism)
Jesus the Capitalist
1. Michael Moore likes to claim that the Bible supports socialism. But God is not on his side.
Michael Moore has been bashing capitalism, its excesses, and its lack of concern for workers and their exploitation. A story that backs Moore up comes from a reliable source. It’s a story of naked capitalism ignoring the rights of workers and arbitration.
A farmer had some crops that needed to be harvested and he hired day laborers, agreeing to pay them $100 for working a 12-hour shift. The farmer was in a hurry to get his crops harvested, so he went out again two hours into the shift and hired more workers. He continued to look for laborers throughout the day, bringing in more laborers every hour. Finally, at seven o’clock, one hour before sunset, he brought in a dozen more workers to help finish the job.

2. He then lined the workers up to give them their pay and he paid first the workers who had only worked an hour. Those who stood, sweat dripping from their bodies from a 12-hour shift, smiled when they saw the one-hour hires get $100. They figured that meant they’d get paid extra. But to their horror, the farmer also paid them only $100.
They confronted the capitalist with the charges of favoritism and unjust discrimination. Rather than offering arbitration, the farmer responded, “I’m not doing you any wrong. Didn’t you agree to work for $100? Take your money and leave. I’ll pay the people who worked an hour the same as I paid you. Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want with my own money?”

3. Who is this capitalist exploiter of workers who thinks he can pay people whatever he wants?
Most theologians will tell you this landowner represents none other than Christ himself. The names, currencies, and exact quotes have been changed, but the essence of the story Christ told in Matthew 20 hasn’t.
It’s a helpful story to remember when Michael Moore is out telling us that capitalism is anti-Jesus.
The rest can be read here
********pajamasmedia.com/blog/jesus-the-capitalist/

Why the left does not get it?
Maria, we have these new friends, "the commies". I am sure that they would say: "This is too simplistic, you have to look at grasshoppers roots, what if his father have molested him, what if he lacks the basic skills that ant possesses, etc."