Though, the second-to-last panel just makes me really, really depressed. What Don Rumsfeld was to Bush's foreign policy, Tim Geithner is to Obama's economic policy.
According to the American Federation of Teachers, the state with the highest average pay for teachers in 2003-04 was Connecticut, at $56,516; the lowest was South Dakota, at $33,236.
Or look at it this way: Pick a corporate chieftain — say, Jeffrey R. Immelt of General Electric. He earns $15.4 million a year. Every single day — including Thanksgiving and Christmas — he makes almost what the average teacher does for a year of taming wild children, staying up nights planning lessons, and, really, helping to shape a generation.
What you make in a year, I make in a day. (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/business/yourmoney/03count.html)
I like the banker strip, but why does the one in forth panel say the government is applying for government cheese? Is that supposed to be "checks" or is there someplace where the government gives out free monetary jack?
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Date: 2009-04-13 11:39 am (UTC)Though, the second-to-last panel just makes me really, really depressed. What Don Rumsfeld was to Bush's foreign policy, Tim Geithner is to Obama's economic policy.
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Date: 2009-04-13 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-13 04:34 pm (UTC)Or look at it this way: Pick a corporate chieftain — say, Jeffrey R. Immelt of General Electric. He earns $15.4 million a year. Every single day — including Thanksgiving and Christmas — he makes almost what the average teacher does for a year of taming wild children, staying up nights planning lessons, and, really, helping to shape a generation.
What you make in a year, I make in a day. (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/business/yourmoney/03count.html)
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Date: 2009-04-13 05:08 pm (UTC)*snort*
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