Mary Fallin: Striking teachers are like teenagers wanting a better car

[NewYorkExpress]

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/381570-oklahoma-governor-compares-teachers-going-on-strike-to-a-teenager

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[JA]

The residents of Oklahoma want more government funding for schools and teachers, yet all they get are tax cuts for the rich and a government so strangled it can’t even deliver basic services (some Oklahoma school districts have been reduced to 4 days and students forced to sit on the floor). The GOP-controlled legislature and Governor are ruining that state and those children’s futures (of course the children of wealthy parents are doing just fine in their private schools and better off districts).

These teachers aren’t simply striking for higher wages for themselves (which they also deserve), but so that schools receive adequate funding. Gov. Fallin can make this offensive and ridiculous comparison all she wants, but these teachers aren’t acting like spoiled teenagers; they’re acting like mature adults who’re forced to deal with an unnecessary situation of extraordinary shortages because their representatives are only concerned about representing the Koch brothers and other wealthy interests.

[Sirius_]

"It's kind of like a teenager wanting a better car."
So it's like they want an improvement? Good job Sherlock.

[Pyro]

I'd suppose Gov. Fallin would strike a different tone if her children were in public school.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Mary Fallin is the spoiled teenager.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I'd suppose Gov. Fallin would strike a different tone if her children were in public school.

No... probably not.  Have you seen her children?  Mary Fallin is an amoral, soulless husk of a person.  And that's why she's governor of Oklahoma.

[Rookie Yinzer]

This is the party of the common man and woman? LOL.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

It's like she strives to be an appalling human being.

[Tartarus Sauce]

It's like she strives to be an appalling human being.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

The residents of Oklahoma want more government funding for schools and teachers, yet all they get are tax cuts for the rich and a government so strangled it can’t even deliver basic services (some Oklahoma school districts have been reduced to 4 days and students forced to sit on the floor). The GOP-controlled legislature and Governor are ruining that state and those children’s futures (of course the children of wealthy parents are doing just fine in their private schools and better off districts).

These teachers aren’t simply striking for higher wages for themselves (which they also deserve), but so that schools receive adequate funding. Gov. Fallin can make this offensive and ridiculous comparison all she wants, but these teachers aren’t acting like spoiled teenagers; they’re acting like mature adults who’re forced to deal with an unnecessary situation of extraordinary shortages because their representatives are only concerned about representing the Koch brothers and other wealthy interests.

They just passed a big raise in taxes to put teacher pay on par with the national average.

Yes they need to do more but that's a pretty big thing to talk as if it didn't happen.

[Perlen vor den Schweinen]

Maybe they need a tax cut. Would that not solve this situation? More money for everyone!

[Badger]

The residents of Oklahoma want more government funding for schools and teachers, yet all they get are tax cuts for the rich and a government so strangled it can’t even deliver basic services (some Oklahoma school districts have been reduced to 4 days and students forced to sit on the floor). The GOP-controlled legislature and Governor are ruining that state and those children’s futures (of course the children of wealthy parents are doing just fine in their private schools and better off districts).

These teachers aren’t simply striking for higher wages for themselves (which they also deserve), but so that schools receive adequate funding. Gov. Fallin can make this offensive and ridiculous comparison all she wants, but these teachers aren’t acting like spoiled teenagers; they’re acting like mature adults who’re forced to deal with an unnecessary situation of extraordinary shortages because their representatives are only concerned about representing the Koch brothers and other wealthy interests.

They just passed a big raise in taxes to put teacher pay on par with the national average.

Yes they need to do more but that's a pretty big thing to talk as if it didn't happen.

The thing is that result was spearheaded a hundred and 10% by the unions, and it's clear from the governor statement that she and her ilk really don't like having to do this, but decided the political cost just wasn't worth it. It's not like their heart was remotely in the right place, or still is. I'm very glad the spending increase occurred, but let's give credit where credit is due, and likewise not give where it is undeserved

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

She's really setting it up for some teacher to post a picture of their clunker that they wish they could replace.

[Wisconsin SC Race 2019]

Talk about not helping her own case. Glad Oklahoma will be seeing the bank of her soon.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

The residents of Oklahoma want more government funding for schools and teachers, yet all they get are tax cuts for the rich and a government so strangled it can’t even deliver basic services (some Oklahoma school districts have been reduced to 4 days and students forced to sit on the floor). The GOP-controlled legislature and Governor are ruining that state and those children’s futures (of course the children of wealthy parents are doing just fine in their private schools and better off districts).

These teachers aren’t simply striking for higher wages for themselves (which they also deserve), but so that schools receive adequate funding. Gov. Fallin can make this offensive and ridiculous comparison all she wants, but these teachers aren’t acting like spoiled teenagers; they’re acting like mature adults who’re forced to deal with an unnecessary situation of extraordinary shortages because their representatives are only concerned about representing the Koch brothers and other wealthy interests.

[Sir Mohamed]

But tell me again how Democrats are the out-of-touch party.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It's more like working adults wanting a used car to get to work instead of a bicycle with broken spokes and a bent frame.

[JA]

The residents of Oklahoma want more government funding for schools and teachers, yet all they get are tax cuts for the rich and a government so strangled it can’t even deliver basic services (some Oklahoma school districts have been reduced to 4 days and students forced to sit on the floor). The GOP-controlled legislature and Governor are ruining that state and those children’s futures (of course the children of wealthy parents are doing just fine in their private schools and better off districts).

These teachers aren’t simply striking for higher wages for themselves (which they also deserve), but so that schools receive adequate funding. Gov. Fallin can make this offensive and ridiculous comparison all she wants, but these teachers aren’t acting like spoiled teenagers; they’re acting like mature adults who’re forced to deal with an unnecessary situation of extraordinary shortages because their representatives are only concerned about representing the Koch brothers and other wealthy interests.

They just passed a big raise in taxes to put teacher pay on par with the national average.

Yes they need to do more but that's a pretty big thing to talk as if it didn't happen.

It’s not just about the teacher pay. That’s not even why this strike is occurring. It’s happening because even with pay increases other school staff are underpaid and schools remain underfunded. There are still districts where they’re reduced to only 4 school days, textbooks remain outdated, and so on. None of that has changed. That’s why the teachers refuse to end the strike.

Unlike the state representatives, the teachers are actually doing something to help the students of Oklahoma.

[RINO Tom]

This is the party of the common man and woman? LOL.

That's literally what your party fancies itself is ... this is the oddest strawman ever.

[RINO Tom]

But tell me again how Democrats are the out-of-touch party.

Again, no one has ever claimed that Democrats were out-of-touch on economic matters, LOL.

[IndustrialJustice]

The complete and utter failure of austerity economics has been riveting to watch.

[MasterJedi]

She's now saying antifa is the reason why the teachers are striking.

[Cactus Jack]

I can't f**king wait for Governor Edmondson.

[Progressive Pessimist]

She's now saying antifa is the reason why the teachers are striking.

That's ridiculous. They're not striking because of that...it's because these teachers have been crisis actors the whole time!

[pbrower2a]

So the  only people showing maturity are those who take vicarious pride in watching their exploiters indulge themselves as never before?

Right.