I heartily commend this guy for forgoing his salary for the next three years. He and his wife have a wonderful benevolent and supportive attitude. However, there's an interesting aspect of this story that's worth considering. $288,000/year for a school superintendent is a bit steep don't you think? In fact, the Obama administration considers him one of those evil rich people. Here's the story fyi:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44305388/ns/us_news-giving/
It begs the question, just how many people ARE getting rich working in our education bureaucracy? AND retiring with mind-blowing generous retirement benefits that average Americans can't afford for themselves?
While I'm flabbergasted over such pay packages ... for anyone in government where additional benefits abound ... I would be less flabbergasted if our education system didn't produce, on average, the dumbest kids among developed countries. Can you honestly say this makes any sense whatsoever?
The private sector age-discriminates against regular folks (who pay the salary of such bureaucrats) and provides paltry if any retirement packages. Government workers are protected on the the basis of age and earn more in pay and benefits than those who pay for it can only dream about. Regular folks in the private sector are summarily fired for such lack of results while the jobs of government employees are protected even when their results stink. There's something very wrong with this folks. When are we going to have the gumption to fix it?
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