Dear Editor:
Re: Teachers deserve recognition, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, March 9.
I'm writing in response to the writer's comments regarding the teachers' strike.
She says that the government "netzero" policy shows us they think public education is a business, for the reason that only in a business, money in must equal or be greater then money out.
Really? I am not a math expert, but it seems to me that, when it comes to finance, regardless if it's in reference to a business, a household, government etc., if money in is less than money out, it will equal debt.
In the government's case, more debt equals more taxes, more taxes equals more people on or below poverty level, more people below poverty level equals less circulation of money, less circulation of money equals higher unemployment, and I could go on, but I'll go straight to the bottom line, and that spells "disaster."
The writer says that it really comes down to respecting teachers and the work they do for the community and the province. Yes, and the same goes for police, firefighters, nurses etc.
We all do a job, we all contribute to our community in some form or other. All equally important. We all get paid for the profession we choose and execute. Our valuable freedom of choice gives us the opportunity to choose whatever profession we want and the right to change it at any time we so desire.
Frank Di Cesare, Burnaby
