Jon Stewart on the cushy lives of teachers

Cory Doctorow 3:45 pm Fri Mar 4, 2011

As always, Mr Stewart puts it into perspective — the same people who object to limiting the tax-funded bonuses of bailed out bankers because it would violate their contracts say that teachers' contracts should be torn up and their benefits slashed.

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