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Hi Steve. I guess it will end when the schools can get the city to actually support them financially instead of screwing them each year. I didn't complain that you needed to pay 20%. I complained that the city wasn't funding the schools properly. The solution was to raise the co-pay. There are no discretionary funds left, it is all allocated to bills that go up each year. The only things left to cut are ALAP, Sports and music. I am not saying the unions need to pay 25%. I am saying everyone who wants to keep their job and have great benefits should pay 25%. I would guess that the last time you worked in the private sector it was 10-15 or more years ago, at that time, many companies were growing and healthcare was free for most people. Unfortunately, healthcare became more of a business and less about helping people stay healthy and with that came exorbitant bills. Private sector was forced to make employees pay bills to not go bankrupt. The public sector has caught up with the private sector in this way and cities/ schools must change too in order to not go bankrupt. If the city or schools go bankrupt it would not be good for anyone.

So, I'm not against you, I am not after your money, I don't like that this is happening but the fact is, in order to keep the schools open, the money has to come from somewhere and it certainly isn't coming from the city.

Next time the city screws the schools in a budget, would you and other members of the unions show up to support the schools? As you can see it does effect you. People did not show up, the city screwed the schools, it's employees and the kids.

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