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...appears that Tim Morrison thinks first-year airline pilots are of more value and should be paid considerably more than grade-school teachers [Nov. 9]. Morrison says budget cuts have "trimmed starting pay at major airlines to $36,000--little more than a grade-school teacher's." My question is, Who is really more valuable, the person flying travelers around or the person who taught the person in the plane to read, write, calculate and, unfortunately in this case, use a laptop? As a former teacher, I found Morrison's comment condescending and unnecessary...
...President Mark G. Yudof said the tuition increase is unfortunate: "When you have no money, you have no money." And the budget woes in Sacramento continue. California's budget analyst announced this week that the state is facing another huge deficit next year - $21 billion of red ink. (See pictures of college mascots...
...Lansing, Michigan, this week approximately 30 Michigan State University students and faculty picketed the state capitol to protest budget cuts and tuition hikes at Michigan's public universities. In a state hammered by the recession, in-state and out-of-state students at the University of Michigan saw tuition rise 11.6% between the 2007-08 and 2009-10 academic years to $11,659 and $34,937, respectively. In Arizona, two tuition hikes within five months added $1,000 to the bills of incoming freshman. For the new students at Arizona State University, tuition and fees spiked...
...after receiving a positive budget score from the CBO for his health-reform bill, Senate majority leader Harry Reid told his caucus that he hopes to hold the first test vote - on the motion to proceed - by 8 p.m. on Saturday. In the face of a promised GOP filibuster, that will require 60 votes, which is exactly the number Reid has in his Democratic caucus. While several Democrats have yet to commit to voting with Reid on the motion to proceed, the majority leader is "reasonably confident" that they will be with him when the time comes, says spokesman...
...Members of the team also said it is important to frame the message carefully - emphasizing, for instance, estimates by the Congressional Budget Office that the health overhaul will save money in the long run, reassuring seniors who are afraid of seeing Medicare cut and stressing new provisions like ones that would protect people from becoming uninsurable as a result of pre-existing health conditions. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...