MSNBC: Should the Government Pay Bankers More Than Teachers?

[DHFabian]

It took a Dem president, Clinton, to take the first swing of the ax to the New Deal with his welfare "reform"/workfare, creating an involuntary replacement workforce used to suppress wages, block unions, etc. The public funds once used for America's poor went into tax cuts for corps, which have used this money to export our jobs. That money is gone now, so more is needed. We knew the next target would be the middle class, and so far, it looks like another Dem president, Obama, is raising the ax.

[DHFabian]

Should we be paying politicians more than teachers? Who has more value to society? Who is more crucial to the very survival of this country?

[garth3399]

Love ya David, but the argument is a non-sequitur. Reminds me of the saying from my Dad when I was a kid and didn't clean my plate: "There are kids starving in Africa. Now clean your plate!". The two are totally unrelated. Salaries are based solely on the scarcity of an available substitute. There are many more people who can (and want) to be teachers than those who can (and want) to be Wall Streeters. If teachers were scarce, salaries would be high.

[Liebchen]

@garth3399 : Your position appears to be that it is OK to reward massive incompetence, nay, theft, because there are relatively few people who choose to take that job on.

Talk about nonsequiturs!

[ConwayBob]

Don't worry, Melissa, I won't steal your job. -- Bob

[MsSuperSchultz]

Awesome article, awesome argument.

[RaspyWolf]

Teachers make less than babysitters.

[WVUer21]

Well said, David. As a teacher myself, I completely agree. This is just class warfare in another a different shape, however, according to some on the right, it's only class warfare when the poor people complain.