…WHY IS IT that so many public sector institutions are absolutely tone deaf and clueless to the economic suffering being widely experienced by the people?
The latest example â?? itâ??s an annual ritual, actually â?? comes from the University of Wisconsin system. It is twofold: (1) The system has unburdened itself of yet another study purporting to show that employees and faculty are woefully under-compensated and deserving of big raises; and (2) UW regents will be asked, again this year, to grossly exceed prevailing inflationary figures by enacting a 5.5 percent tuition increase.