I may flub this up but there is one point I would like to add to all of this. I truely believe teachers earn their pay and would never attack any of it but one thing still remains that is not mentioned and that is many of people right now are jobless, struggling to round up enough to just get the basics due to job loss right alone all the extra's called benefits. We all know "Uncle Sam" is waiting patiently to lower the boom on us for the overwhelmingly hudge deficit. Most people that have jobs should be proud to have survived this long and to ask for more under these conditions is something to really search your heart over for. My thoughts smarts are great for technical issues but common scense goes a long way.