"Once you start paying taxes, you'll vote Republican" - my nieces teacher

[IranianDemocrat]

:puke:

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. tell your neice

Once you start getting a heart, you'll vote Democrat.

[IranianDemocrat]

3. Hehe I elaborated a LOT more than that.

But that was one of the things I said.

[JohnKleeb]

4. yep

and to the teach if thats true, my grandparents arent republicans yet, and btw they worked hard for their money, and they know the value of hard work.

[rfranklin]

31. Republicans don't respect hard work...

Though they love to live off your hard work by screwing you out of a living wage and siphoning off your pension savings. They want to make money the easy way--with bribes, special interest laws and tax breaks, corporate crime and cronyism. They just use the suckers who fall for line of B.S.

[SaveABug]

2. I've been paying payroll taxes 28 years

and still a democrat to the core. Tell the teacher to leave your childs political beliefs alone. That teacher probably makes less than $30k per year - the great tax cut gave him/her about $8 extra per month.

I would tell the teacher a few more things also, but that's just me.

[Disandra]

8. Similiar thing in college

I had a college professor like that. Apparently, he thought that all of us "kids" (the average age of people attending this college when I went there was 27) would learn about the "real world" once we stopped taking daddy and mommy's money.

You should have seen the look on his face when I raised my hand and told him that I was paying for my college (along with federal student loans), worked full-time, payed taxes, and would never vote Republican.

I'm not sure what grade the child is in, however it is extremely scary that public school teachers have no problems expressing their political views in the classroom.

[ComerPerro]

33. Welcome to DU

That is a great story

[Disandra]

37. Thanks...

for the welcome. :-)

[newyawker99]

46. Hi Disandra!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Starpass]

5. Being the wife of a man whose been a teacher for 35 years

this teacher was either in a private school OR one of those broads who teach "for fullment"--you know, hubby makes big money and she's "doing her thing". MOst teachers are anti-repukes big time.

[JohnKleeb]

7. or a relative of my school's young repukes head

I know they are anti repukes teachers are, my aunt was one too.

[vi5]

6. Tell your niece that her teacher is an f-ing scumbag piece of sh*t....

I'm just kidding.

I always see ridiculous and wildly inappropriate responses like that on here and just once wanted to try it myself.

[MissouriTeacher]

9. I CAN'T STAND REPUBLICAN TEACHERS!!!

Okay, sorry for shouting.

On a related note, I always heard that once you buy a house you will become a Republican.

I bought a house two months ago, and I am proud to report I am still proudly Democratic.

[koopie57]

14. my husband

says a republican is a democrat with a little money in the bank.

[JohnKleeb]

17. its ok you would be red MT if you saw my school's young republicans

sponsor's quote
abosolutely :puke:
he wanted to fire dem teachers.
Maybe if the GOP wants teachers to vote for them, respect thy union, respect them as teachers, as people, and above all support higher pay for them. Now the worst thing after a republican teacher is a republican kid :puke:

[Nashyra]

20. I went to parent orientation for my son who just started college

All freshman are required to attend and there is time set up for the parents and students to meet with the students academic advisor, my son's major is history(for now), anyway he was the assistant dean of the history dept. and he was incredible. The focus of the history dept is now cultural diversity, he was telling the students that considering what is going on in the world today that we Americans have to be more aware of the cultural differences in the world and that the media and information given to the general public here in the US is very restricted and biased. I was thrilled to hear this guy speak. Lucky for my son this professor only has 12 freshman students, he will be their advisor through out the next four years unless he changes majors. There is still hope.

[Love Bug]

52. Hell, I bought my house 12 years ago and BECAME a Democrat!

Had nothing to do with home ownership!

[Iris]

58. why would buying a house make you a Republican?

My god - they say WE'RE elitist?

[Skittles]

36. ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME VI5

I'LL KICK YOUR ASS. I SEE THAT AS A PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. :7

[Cha]

10. You can tell that that teacher is basically greedy and wants to

project her/his insufferable greedyness on others!

That was a real dumbass statement and shows a lack of paying attention to what is going on in our World today and makes me angry!
:grr:

The so-called republicans are using a scorched earth policy to destroy our Environment and Education! they want Bombs Not Books! :nuke:

[Interrobang]

11. ...but...but...but...

I *like* paying taxes! They buy me such wonderful things! How would I ever live without all those cool government services and prograrmmes? I couldn't bear the thought of their not being there, so I'll just pay taxes!

[Sterling]

16. Like health care?

Wish our taxes paid for that but Repukes only spend our money on things that blow up.

[roguevalley]

12. as a retired teacher, I have to say

that she has NO RIGHT to impart her personal opinions
on her students. Write a letter to the superintendent
and the school board complaining LOUDLY. She can't do
that. It's unethical. The bitch.

[Maple]

13. Who pays

this teacher's salary?

[JanMichael]

15. What a fucking "Moran"! People pay taxes on almost EVERYTHING!

From the get go.

If she wants to only point out Federal Income tax she's STILL full of shit.

The upper incomes were just BARELY tilted to Bush in 2000.

Fucking idiot...No, fucking LIAR.

[jagguy]

41. I think that the point is

that students have little concept of the bite that taxes take as their incomes are low if present at all. Wasn't referring to non-students.

There is a significant difference between paying sales tax on that combo meal at McDonalds and 28% of your pay check (plus FICA of course and state maybe locality etc).

[Junkdrawer]

18. "Once you feel the effects of their deficits, you'll vote Democratic"

- Me

[KG]

19. once you lose your union protection, teach, you'll vote democrat

or socialist, at least! :)

[sandnsea]

29. There you go

And the health care, retirement, life insurance, prep time, training days, and holidays. That's what our teachers get.

And I don't begrudge it, except when they make stupid comments about taxes. Where do they think their paychecks come from?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. K- 12 Teachers

have no right to push their political views.


If that was my kid I'd be in the principal's office.

[ComerPerro]

35. Imagine a K-12 teacher telling kids they will be Democrats

Once they "grow up". You would see protests and it would be all over Fox.

[Ellen Forradalom]

22. Yes, and highways are built by the Road Fairy.

These yo-yos think that the entire public infrastructure is spun out of thin air, then get all pissy when some part of it fails. It never cease to amaze me.

[JackSwift]

23. Once you study the tax structure

you'll vote democratic, that is unless you are in the top 5% of the wealthiest citizens, and even then some vote democratic out of fairness.

Any Republican who bases their loyalty on the tax argument sincerely hasn't studied the policies of the parties.

[booksenkatz]

24. Well, "Teacher,"

when I pay taxes, I prefer for my monies to be used to improve lives, improve the infrastructure, not to enrich corporations whose postal addresses lie somewhere in Bali, or bomb countries for oil. Just what the F do you get for your money when a Repuke is in charge, I ask you?? WHAT DO YOU GET?

Glad she's not teaching MY child! She'd spend the rest of her life trying to dislodge my shoe from out of her ass.
:mad:

[LogicTrueFalse]

25. Ban repub teachers

There should be a litmus test that excludes all but democratic teachers.
I am all for more taxes since most of us have more than we need. If not
for taxes many of us on disability would be in rough shape. Between my
better off relatives helping me and the many tax dollars I get each
month I can live the life of most Americans.

With an increase in our meager taxes many more could have a better life.

[coda]

48. Why would you want to ban Republican teachers?

Want to explain that?

[Logansquare]

57. Troll alert

do a search on some of his other posts

[janekat]

26. She thinks Bush is for the teachers and the middle class?

Bush (and most Republicans) are only for the wealthiest Americans. When are people going to realize that??The middle class is getting totally screwed by him and his party. Doesn't she read the papers?

AND what does she call the payroll taxes that ALL of us pay. Is that "play money" that comes out of everyone else's paychecks? Another person who listens too much to Rush Limbaugh....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. Here's a thread your niece's teacher needs to read:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=8009

[Melsky]

28. Well, I own a house, a small business and pay taxes

and I still haven't voted republican.

I say, once you lodge your head firmly up your ass after your lobotomy, then you'll vote republican.

[chaska]

30. As I always say, 'it's not that your taxes are too high...,

it's that your paycheck is too low'.

Damned pugs want us all in rags and begging for scraps.

[Leanmc]

32. A different tack

I am a substitute teacher, and I don't shy away from discussing politics in the classroom if they come up. The other day I was subbing for an 11th grade English class the assignment was making persuasive speeches. There were 3 opposed to the war on Iraq, 1 in favor. During each student's question time, I challenged all of them (except for one student who I agreed with, I threw him a softball).

I got into the one student who was pro-war because he claimed that Saddam had a chemical weapons program. I told him that he should check his sources, didn't tell him he was wrong though. I spoke with him after all the speeches were over during the 10 minutes of goofing off before the bell rang (out of a 1 1/2 hour class period). I said, hey, I think you got your facts wrong, I didn't want to call you out in front of the class, but you ought to really look to see what's up. His source was Fox News, and he even adknowledged that they were a GOP source. I told him look, sometimes they are right about stuff, I just happen to know for a fact that they sometimes exaggerate about WMDs. I might not have seen what you are talking about, so check it out for yourself. You might be right, I might be wrong . . . but be willing to question your own beliefs.

Straight up, that's politics in the classroom. I'm honest about what I believe, I respect student's right to disagree, and I use my power to promote a safe, respectful environment where students can express their views. It isn't about me using my authority to tell students what is or isn't right, its about helping smart young adults develop their mental and moral capacities through debate and discussion.

But maybe that wasn't what happened in your niece's class :-(

[pansypoo53219]

34. IF i paid taxes

i would pay gladly as it is my dues to LIVE here in a semblance of civilization.

[cmd]

38. Once I start paying taxes, I'll be paying your salary

How much of an increase do you think you deserve, Teach?
Speaking as a former teacher, I never could understand a teacher complaining about taxes.

[0rganism]

39. Hasn't happened to me in 15 years of paying income taxes

or 34 years of sales taxes, or 7 years of property taxes.

The evidence is in: your niece's teacher is full of bullshit.

[Hamlette]

40. It's the same argument as "no athiest in a foxhole"

which is demeaning to all of us free thinking liberal athiests.

Tell them as soon as they pass their literacy test they'll vote Dem. Or, say "you mean when you pay taxes you don't feel an obligation to carry your own weight and pay back society for all those years you didn't pay taxes? I do."

Or say: "You don't really believe in God, no one could possibly believe that nonsense. You just say you believe so you will be accepted by society. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

And watch them blow up. It makes them so angry they can't stand it!

It pisses me off. I pay more in federal income taxes than most people make and I don't pay nearly my fair share. All those years I paid nothing when I was in school and poor, it's MY turn to carry my weight. AND, since I can afford it, I should pay it without crying.

[Bread and Circus]

42. I paid over 40,000 in taxes....

And I am still on the left.

[LibDemAlways]

43. The teacher is an idiot.

Public school teachers' salaries are paid with tax dollars. And private school teachers should be intelligent enough to realize that taxes provide infrastructure, libraries, police and fire protection, parks, and a host of social services that would be sorely missed if they suddenly disappeared.

Republicans do an awful lot of bitching and moaning about taxes, but I don't see any of them volunteering to take up the burden of their elderly parents' medical care or refusing to drive on public highways or suggesting that we don't need policemen or fire fighters.
Where do they think the money comes from?

[BiggJawn]

44. Been paying for 30 years, owned a house, STILL a godless Dem....

And i'll DIE a godless Democrat!

I heard the same shit during the reign of Ronaldus Rex: "Once you start making some REAL money, you'll vote Republican..."

Of course, at 38 and a half Kilobucks a year, I guess I'm not into that "Real Money" yet...

Oh, wait...."Poor people don't PAY taxes" isn't that what the Cyst-O Kid says?

[SoCalDem]

45. If That "teacher" is a public school teacher, he/she needs to be reported

If a kid showed up with a Bush Stinks tee-shirt...or even if a teacher wore a political preference item, they would be called on the carpet.. The teacher is there to teach...not convert kids to their political ideology..


and maybe that teacher should lose their union benefits...then they would see how much "fun" it is to pay for private insurance and negotiate alone for a pay raise..

That's what kills me about the stingy tight ass republicans... they are right there with their hands out to receive the benefits that democrats work so hard for, but they vote "their poocketbooks"..

They want stuff for free... Greedy thieves :(

[nannygoat]

47. Julia Child's response...

From June 2003 issue of Ms magazine:
http://www.msmagazine.com/june03/smilgis.asp


<snip near the end of the article>
"I was a Republican until I got to New York and had to live on $18 a week. It was then that I became a Democrat. "

Her thoughts on political issues are no less confident than her judgments on food.

Regarding President George W Bush: "I've nothing to say about him except that I am appalled that he was chosen by our people to be president."


HA! Take that whistleass! I was tempted to write a letter to the mag correcting Julia--the American people never chose whistleass. He was selected...

[Rabrrrrrr]

49. good article - links are screwed up

Here's page 2 and page 3. The link at the bottom of the page go to pages in other articles:

Page 2: http://www.msmagazine.com/june03/smilgis2.asp

Page 3: http://www.msmagazine.com/june03/smilgis3.asp

[nannygoat]

51. I had the same problem but then I switched to IE and they

worked fine. I still have Netscape 4.76...

[Rabrrrrrr]

56. Strange - I was on IE

Oh well, vagueries of the web. :-)

[trogdor]

50. I pay WAY more taxes than she does...

...and I gave up on the GOP in 1998.

[JaneQPublic]

53. No, once you start to breathe, you'll vote Democratic...

...because you can count on Repukes, like Chimpy, to ease up on Clean Air standards.

And if not then, once you have children, you'll vote Democratic, because you don't want the `pukes to saddle them with a $4 billion national deficit or send them off to die in a senseless war.

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. We had this problem last year (in our pro war school) I solved it

by going to the principal and demanding she tell the offending teacher to keep her political opinions to herself.

[buddhamama]

55. how old is your niece?

not that it matters, i'm just curious in what age/grade group your niece is in.

i'd complain to the principal. i've been working since i was sixteen and have owned two small businesses and i'm not a repub i'm a leftist and proud of it.

[Iris]

59. This is sickening.

The very idea that someone working a job that you don't do for the money would say something this ignorant is just disgusting. But it has been my experience that many teachers are a bitter, bitter lot.