Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Holy Catfish! Check out this article from the Wall Street Journal regarding teachers' fringe benefits in Wisconsin...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...#mod=djemWMP_t

The number that jumped off the page for me is the cost of the teachers' health insurance...38.8% of total pay, with the average teacher making $56,500? That's a premium for health insurance of $1,827 per month.

Talk about a Cadillac plan. Cripes, I wonder what's covered? Do they have any deductible or co-pays at all?

Then look at the various pension plans they have, for which they pay nothing. Contributions made by the state totaling almost 23% of their salary. I'm here to tell you that what that means is that they will retire with monthly payments pretty close to their salary when they were working. I've heard of sweet deals before, but nothing that even comes close to approaching this.

I'm with their Governor on this one.