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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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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 $2.7 million to cover the costs of teachers who work on union business. <br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should teachers spending their time on union business get paid for it as part of their wage from the school district?<br />
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Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION &amp; RESULTS:<br />
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What types of spending cuts and/or tax choices should be implemented?<br />
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84% . . . .Repeal Obamacare<br />
79% . . . .Education Department (Eliminate)<br />
74% . . . .Eliminate redundant agency functions<br />
74% . . . .Energy Department (Eliminate)<br />
74% . . . .Transportation Department (eliminate)<br />
63% . . . .Commerce Department (Eliminate)<br />
63% . . . .U.S. Postal Service (Privatize)<br />
63% . . . .Foreign aid cuts (Zero budget based with re-evaluation each year)<br />
37% . . . .Social Security (Raise the full eligibility age to 70)<br />
32% . . . .Social Security benefit reduction (needs based)<br />
32% . . . .Homeland Security (eliminate)<br />
16% . . . .Implement a National Sales Tax<br />
74% . . . .Social Security (eliminate cost of living increases)<br />
11% . . . .Tax personal income exceeding $100,000<br />
11% . . . .Tax personal income exceeding $500,000<br />
5% . . . .&nbsp; Impose a Value Added Tax<br />
5% . . . .&nbsp; Medicare cuts<br />
5% . . . .&nbsp; Tax personal income exceeding $1,000,000<br />
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THERE WAS ONE COMMENT SUBMITTED:<br />
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Comment #1<br />
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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???<br />
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