WWJD? He'd keep teachers broke for the sake of the kids

At least that's gospel according to Alabama (of course) State Senator Shadrack McGill, R-Woodville.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/shadrack-mcgill-alabama-teacher-pay-bible_n_1247765.html

Fortunately, McGill has the kind of experience you would want for a man making such weighty pronouncements. I present his biography from the state legislature website, verbatum.

 

"You wunt munney? Be a bidness man like me."

 

Cut teacher salaries to zero, and you will attract only people who are really, really "called" to constantly be around young people.

Like him:




Great idea, fuckstick.

 

Between the daily gaffes by the GOP presidential candidates and the local guys/gals, we probably could have a running "Stupid Things GOP Politicians Say" thread.

 

Even cyberspace would run out of room.

 

Republican party guiding principles: Slash, burn, repeat.

 

Make fun of McGill all you want, but his ideas on teachers have been espoused by members of this board - vigorously and emotionally. And not just by right-leaning members of this board, either.

And it's also a bedrock principle of the journalism industry, propagated for generations by bean counters. It's not a true "calling" unless you are always teetering on bankruptcy.

 

We'll include those loons in the group we make fun of.

 

I lived (and worked) in Jackson County at one time. This guy is a tool from the back of the shed. I mean, a real pompous jerk, too. I wouldn't have voted him for dog-catcher. How he wins in a notoriously Dem. county, I'll never know.

 

I wonder what the salary threshold is for making the determination if someone is called to serve in public office.

 

Back when I used to cover local pols like this maroon (and not making very much money) I never thought I should actually become a politician. Now, I would gladly take their 30 grand and spout off what I ever I felt like. "McGovern would have been better in '72!"

 

better rewards lawmakers and makes them less susceptible to being swayed by lobbyists...

Im-fucking-possible.