Maybe they should learn how to save their money for the summer instead, because teachers' salaries at every level are higher than those in IT in my area. A brand new, 22 year old teacher starts at $46K for a contractual 190 days of work. That's a good start for a rookie, not to mention that they get health insurance that they only pay 10% of the premium for. They get 75% of their costs for graduate school reimbursed. They also get paid $33/hr to teach summer school.

The issue isn't the policy; it's the union's bad advice. Very bad.

Why? The end result is still poverty, and instead of the "fat cat" being an entrepreneur or executive it's a union boss.

So instead of having part of your paycheck go to withdrawal fees, it can go to dues?

Computer Shopper hasn't read like Computer Shopper for some time. That thing used to be as wide as a tabloid and thick as a phone book. E-commerce ended its one-stop shopping mission.

I'd go with LinuxDesktopWorld myself. I hear next year will be the year it finally takes off!

So is the front page.

What leftists like you don't realize is that in order to effect change from the bottom up, you have to stop picking and choosing which people and which behaviors you like, and support all the power of the people over that of government every time.

That's the fourth amendment, not the first. I'm not sure if you're implying that because government unsurprisingly infringes on the rights of its citizens that we should just call the whole thing off? Just what I'd expect from a subject.

You know, I can't take responsibility for people who are foolish enough to play the lottery with their last dollar. That's not a tax, unless you want to consider it a tax on stupidity. Stop being stupid, and the tax is no longer levied. The PA lottery sends proceeds to programs for seniors, so if you proposed to eliminate it you'd be accused of ageism anyway. Government is the problem.

Guess who keeps raising the taxes on alcohol and tobacco? What was the first tax Obama raised when he came into office? Government is the problem.

Claiming that renters (there are renters outside the city, BTW) are paying property tax is also as dumb as claiming that when I take out a loan or use a credit card, I'm paying the bank's taxes. Again, if property taxes are too high and forcing up rents, guess whose fault that is again?

There is a cap on the SS tax because there's a cap on benefits. But I don't expect the Slashdot leftist to believe in fairness as much as the "fair share".

But, ultimately, a smaller portion of their income is spent rather than invested.

Investments move the economy. I'm not sure why that is considered evil.

Then you should be railing against your state, or moving out.

And the poor pay 0 federal tax, or even get a few grand back, while the "rich" (everyone who makes more than you) pay 10-40% of their income. So?

which hits basically every dollar poorer people see

That's only because we're already paying for all their food, which isn't taxed in any state. Civilized states (mostly the ones not NY) also don't tax clothing.

We don't need highways? That's news to, like, the entire world.