 ccrp poll teachers who don t teach and still get paid  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview in michigan there are 39 school districts that paid teachers to work at least half their time on union activities with 25 of those districts paying for full release time these 39 districts combined to pay at least 27 million to cover the costs of teachers who work on union business new poll question should teachers spending their time on union business get paid for it as part of their wage from the school district yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldteachersspendingtheirtimeunionbusinessgetpai  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question results what types of spending cuts and or tax choices should be implemented 84 repeal obamacare 79 education department eliminate 74 eliminate redundant agency functions 74 energy department eliminate 74 transportation department eliminate 63 commerce department eliminate 63 us postal service privatize 63 foreign aid cuts zero budget based with reevaluation each year 37 social security raise the full eligibility age to 70 32 social security benefit reduction needs based 32 homeland security eliminate 16 implement a national sales tax 74 social security eliminate cost of living increases 11 tax personal income exceeding 100000 11 tax personal income exceeding 500000 5 impose a value added tax 5 medicare cuts 5 tax personal income exceeding 1000000 there was one comment submitted comment 1 these departments need to be cut they aren t adding any value to the united state of america education is local and having a department at the federal level only allows some bureaucrats in some hidden office to have control over how your child is taught the department of energy has not contributed to making the united state energy independent they put road blocks in the way of business trying to drill for our own natural resources homeland security is a complete duplication of the fbi what a waste of money obamacare is giving complete control over how we live and die to the federal government are you kidding me why do we automatically give united states taxpayer money to other countries who thought that was a good idea when have you ever been satisfied with the service you get from the post office does anyone even know what the commerce department does really wake up you friends and neighbors stay informed get involved your vote counts send this link to your friends and neighbors http wwwclintoncountygoporg   2011 all emails addresses  