Teachers are sadly underpaid and in every state in the nation, education budgets are being cut under the strain of budget woes. Republicans in Congress are complaining about paying unemployed citizens compensation and helping with their COBRA payments, crying that we don't have the money to pay for it. But where were their complaints when George W. Bush lied us into Iraq or waged war on Afghanistan?  I haven't noticed them denying President Obama the funds he's requesting to keep these wars going either. But helping our fellow citizens get through the toughest economic times in generations? That they have [...]