Comments on: The promise is working in Kalamazoo (and more thoughts on tenure) http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/the-promise-is-working-in-kalamazoo-and-more-thoughts-on-tenure/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/the-promise-is-working-in-kalamazoo-and-more-thoughts-on-tenure/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Steve Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=1104#comment-1117 Tenure shouldnt have to exist if there isnt a threat to unwarranted firings and biased hirings. Why is it that its not feasible to Require Integrity and Honesty and Transparency in the School Boards and have oversight and appeals processes by a state board? Why is it that moral values on treating others and decency are not taught, retaught, evaluated and forced upon taking positions of power? Im at a loss as to why any position of power over others is not stringently overseen and Held to the highest standards of conduct. Its the same reason for having unions in years past, and to some extent still today. Why is it we cannot have transparency in business, institutions, and public works that provides clear detail and fair compensation and Christian values in determining benefits and retirements? The unions are in place to keep draconian profiteers from exploitin workers, decimating their pay and benefits for the increased return of the wealthy elite who always make the most money, pay the most taxes, but get the most benefits, loopholes and tax returns by far. It IS their requirement for the priviledge of living in this country and making so much money to pay for that hard fought freedom so many poor people have died for in wars so they could get rich, but it cannot be moral by getting rich at the expense of the poor being able to live decently in this country. So why doesnt our government, state or federal, enact more safeguards to reduce corruption and increase decency? because the people in place went there to make themselves rich mostly, and they make the rules, and they wont change them to limit their ability to enrich themselves using their public offices. And the rich corporate lobbyists manipulate the easily corrupted to do their bidding, which also is diametrically opposed to the lower and middle class incomes. Tenure shouldnt have to exist if there isnt a threat to unwarranted firings and biased hirings.
Why is it that its not feasible to Require Integrity and Honesty and Transparency in the School Boards and have oversight and appeals processes by a state board?
Why is it that moral values on treating others and decency are not taught, retaught, evaluated and forced upon taking positions of power?

Im at a loss as to why any position of power over others is not stringently overseen and Held to the highest standards of conduct.

Its the same reason for having unions in years past, and to some extent still today.
Why is it we cannot have transparency in business, institutions, and public works that provides clear detail and fair compensation and Christian values in determining benefits and retirements?
The unions are in place to keep draconian profiteers from exploitin workers, decimating their pay and benefits for the increased return of the wealthy elite who always make the most money, pay the most taxes, but get the most benefits, loopholes and tax returns by far. It IS their requirement for the priviledge of living in this country and making so much money to pay for that hard fought freedom so many poor people have died for in wars so they could get rich, but it cannot be moral by getting rich at the expense of the poor being able to live decently in this country.

So why doesnt our government, state or federal, enact more safeguards to reduce corruption and increase decency?
because the people in place went there to make themselves rich mostly, and they make the rules, and they wont change them to limit their ability to enrich themselves using their public offices. And the rich corporate lobbyists manipulate the easily corrupted to do their bidding, which also is diametrically opposed to the lower and middle class incomes.

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