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Important
Legislation
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Joe Doria Sponsored Bill |
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NJEA is working to stop
legislation that would establish a $360 million tuition tax
credit/voucher program for private and religious schools in New Jersey.
Two identical bills in the Senate and Assembly would set up a five-year
pilot program to allow corporate tax credits for contributions to
organizations that would provide scholarships to private schools in
Camden, Newark, Orange, and Trenton. Corporations would benefit with
dollar-for-dollar tax breaks from the state treasury.
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It is always
appropriate to write to your legislators and the governor about how
important your pension and health benefits are. Log on now to
www.njea.org, click on Legislative
Action, click on Cyber-lobbying, enter your PIN and password to send a
message today. |
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December 7, 2006
Dear Colleague:
The members of the JCEA have once again shown that they understand
what UNION means. When I asked for members to volunteer to take a
Personal Business Day to attend the Back Off Rally in Trenton on
Monday, December 11, the response was astounding. An overwhelming
majority of you – the members of JCEA – stepped up to the plate and
asked for the day. You understand that, “United we stand, divided
we fall.”
It is extremely disappointing that the administration doesn’t
understand that you were volunteering to fight for the good of
public education in the state of New Jersey. You were willing to
fight for funding for the Jersey City Schools – including the
pensions and benefits of the administrators. Unfortunately, our
short-sighted administrators have only permitted a limited number of
you to take Personal Business Days.
I
am asking that those of you who have not had a Personal Business Day
approved to come to work on Monday, December 11. We need you to
make sure that the schools function smoothly even with some of us at
the rally in Trenton. I also need you to keep the heat on your
legislators – call them, send them letters and emails. Let them
know that we won’t tolerate these attacks on teachers, public
workers and public education.
Thank you for your commitment.
Thank you for your solidarity
 We
stand united!
Thomas Favia,
President
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The Overall
Economy
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Budget SURPLUS Bush inherited in 2001 when he
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$5.6 TRILLION |
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Budget DEFICIT amassed by Bush since 2001 |
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$8.5 TRILLION |
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Total national debt the year before Bush took
office |
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$5,674,178,209,886 |
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Total national debt today |
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$8,368,050,908,810 |
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Current increase PER DAY |
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$1,750,000,000 |
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Tax Cuts
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2001 Income Tax Cut: |
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Average cut for people
making under $50,000 a year (71% of Americans): |
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$425 |
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Average cut for people
making $1 million a year (0.1% of Americans): |
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$59,216 |
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Average cut for people
making more than $10 million a year (0.00004% of Americans): |
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$521,905 |
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2003 Tax Cuts for Capital Gains and
Dividends: |
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Average cut for people making under
$50,000 a year: |
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$10 |
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Average cut for people making
$1million a year: |
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$25,450 |
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Average cut for people making more
than $10 million a year: |
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$497,463 |
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2006 Extension of Tax Cuts for
Capital Gains and Dividends: |
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Average cut for people making under
$50,000 a year: |
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$3 |
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Average cut for people making
$1million or more a year: |
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$59,972 |
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know? |
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AMONG THE VERY WEALTHY, the
influential few who would profit handsomely from axing the
estate tax are none other than the Bush and Cheney clans.
It's calculated that George's family can dodge up to $6.2
million in estate taxes if the law is repealed, and the
Cheneys could avoid up to $61 million that they'd otherwise
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Source:
The Hightower Lowdown |
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 Reg
Weaver, Joyce Powell, Jeremiah Healy Help Open New JCEA Offices
With a packed house at
our grand opening, speaker after speaker cited the great
accomplishment. This new facility will enable us to provide
many more services for our members. Everyone agreed it
is one of the finest facilities in the country.
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American Labor Museum
Botto House National Landmark |
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Leaving Children Behind |
Amount Bush Administration
under-funded No Child Left Behind Act: $9.4 Billion
Amount Bush Administration under-funded NCLB since it was passed:
$26.4 Billion |
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Amount Bush
Administration provided to groups promoting voucher programs from 2001
to 2003: $75 Million
Amount Bush Administration provided for voucher program for District of
Columbia schools in 2004: $14 million
Amount Bush Administration provided for DC school district: $13
Million
The $14 million voucher program in DC will enable 1700 students to
attend private schools, while the $13 million is all the other 65,000
students in the city's public schools get.
Source: The Hightower Lowdown |
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Trenton's Plan for Pensions |
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Benefits Review
Task Force |
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Final Report
pdf |
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