Stoopid, Ovurpayed Teechurs
OK, Mr. Biggs and Mr. Richwine - let me get this straight:
Teachers are overpaid (they aren't) because they get vacations (which school boards set due to parental demands) and pensions (leave aside the fact that pensions save taxpayers money). Their salaries are the same as similar workers in the private sector (they aren't), but they get retiree health care benefits (aside from Medicare, which everyone gets, so is it really that big of a deal?).
Everyone agrees that teachers are stoopid (even though the evidence is incredibly thin), and that they're getting stoopider (they aren't). So we really shouldn't be paying them so much (except folks on both sides of the reform
Teachers are overpaid (they aren't) because they get vacations (which school boards set due to parental demands) and pensions (leave aside the fact that pensions save taxpayers money). Their salaries are the same as similar workers in the private sector (they aren't), but they get retiree health care benefits (aside from Medicare, which everyone gets, so is it really that big of a deal?).
Everyone agrees that teachers are stoopid (even though the evidence is incredibly thin), and that they're getting stoopider (they aren't). So we really shouldn't be paying them so much (except folks on both sides of the reform
