re: #199 engineer dog

do you really think it’s plausible that most americans would think public high school teachers are overpaid and need to have their compensation cut so that state budgets can be more in balance?

Salaries? No. Benefits? Yes. Retirement benefits are quite high in particular. Especially when teachers can retire at 57 with full pension, based on highest year’s salary—which for experienced teachers is in the $50-$60k range. Wisconsin has a much lower cost of living than many other states, and I can say that is a very comfortable salary and retirement benefit for living in Wisconsin.

Starting pay for teachers sucks—typically in the mid $20k range, kept that way to pay for high salaries and retirement benefits by, you guessed it, the state teachers union WEAC.