Friday, February 27, 2009

Kyle Crys Out for Sacrifice

I just came across a Olson letter to the editor in last week's Jackson Citizen Patriot where Kyle blasts the Salters/Bishop Retirement Stimulus Plan. After a few 'the sky is falling' predictions, he moves on to:

These are tough financial times, and everyone in Michigan is making sacrifices.

Very inspirational. But then a better idea occurs to him:

To make it simpler, we are calling on the MEA to simply declare a "rate holiday" for several months, so schools could skip paying their MESSA premiums and save precious dollars.

This from the guy who is outraged at the suggestion that he's targetting the MEA and MESSA. No mention here of a rate holiday from SET SEG or any other health insurer, only MESSA.

Come on, MEA! Let's talk about sacrifice from everyone involved so we can truly address the financial crisis haunting our public schools.

Well not 'everyone.' Just MEA.