NSEA President Takes on Legislators for Not Looking to Revenue Sources to Solve Budget Crisis
Courage and Leadership…it’s what our kids need!
NSEA President Lynn Warne testified before the Interim Finance Committee Thursday, February 4, pressing legislators to look to large corporations and industries who pay little or no taxes to the state.
“…I must tell you that we all are tired of the hand-wringing and the seemingly rehearsed response, ‘there is no appetite for taxes.’ Well, there is even less of an appetite for schools with overcrowded classrooms, a state that ranks at the bottom in per-pupil expenditures, conditions that impede a teacher’s ability to teach and a student’s ability to learn,” asserted Warne. “And how can you perpetuate that canard when there are large corporations and industries that pay little or no taxes in our state?”
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The threats of cuts to the education budget are REAL and could be devastating to our schools and jobs. The education budget has absorbed millions of dollars in cuts already and we have to join together to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
While we’re fighting to keep this from happening, we can’t do it alone. Please contact your legislators today and tell them how more cuts would hurt you, your job, and the students around you.
We CANNOT let the governor and legislators cut the budget any further when there are big corporations and the mining industry walking away with huge tax breaks and contributing next to nothing to our schools.
Let’s load up their voicemails and inboxes! Call 1-800-992-0973 today or click here.
Courage and Leadership…it’s what our kids need!
Legislative Events Planned
Member Participation Needed!
Click here for a special message from NSEA President Lynn Warne.
Monday, February 8
State of the State Watch Party
NSEA Las Vegas office
3511 E. Harmon Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89121
5:30 p.m.
Click here to download flier
Tuesday, February 9
Public Testimony
Interim Finance Committe Meeting
* in Las Vegas
Grant Sawyer Building
555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV
* in Carson City
Legislative Building
401 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Rally and testimony
Social Security Offsets (GPO/WEP)
Urge Congress: Repeal Unfair Social Security Offsets
NEA supports repeal of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which penalize some public employees by cutting or taking away completely Social Security benefits they or their spouse earned.
Legislation (H.R. 235/S. 484) to completely repeal the GPO/WEP has been reintroduced in the House and the Senate. See if your Representative and Senators are cosponsors.
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NEA President Encouraged with Progress of Health Care Reform Discussions
Recent meetings and discussions help improve excise tax formula for working Americans
WASHINGTON -- National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel joined other leaders of organized labor in a teleconference Jan.14, to discuss recent health care reform developments and the substantial progress toward improving the proposed excise tax formula for working Americans. Van Roekel, along with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Chair of "Change To Win" Anna Burger, told reporters they are “encouraged” by the significant progress and developments of the past few days.
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