tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4072764155525217591..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Are Teachers Overpaid In The US?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-46448432451745157552011-12-20T00:24:53.899-05:002011-12-20T00:24:53.899-05:00I think teachers need to be compensated a lot more...I think teachers need to be compensated a lot more then what they are currently earning in the U.S considering the importance of their job. Not to mention the fact that they spend a lot of hours developing lesson plans and grading papers etc. It will be hard to retain quality teachers with lower salaries. <br /><br />As for doctors, they shouldn't be judged only on mortality rates of infants. What about other thing such as increased life expectancy due to better medical care etc. There are a lot more factors involved. Also, it takes more schooling to become a doctor and the curriculum is very challenging. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.trident.edu/" rel="nofollow">Online Universities</a>jackie100https://www.blogger.com/profile/09894650515362363536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-71785108760259260942011-02-24T12:33:04.628-05:002011-02-24T12:33:04.628-05:00You can't throw a rock here in Boston without ...You can't throw a rock here in Boston without hitting a doctor from some windmill country driving the biggest SUV he could find when he hit these shores. He would probably tell you that doctors are underpaid over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-70359074479696686082011-02-23T13:25:55.688-05:002011-02-23T13:25:55.688-05:00wellbasically,
Are you saying that all those OECD...wellbasically,<br /><br />Are you saying that all those OECD countries that pay teachers more better relative to doctors, lawyers, and others than does the US do not have or cannot maintain middle classes? This is far from obvious. Indeed, much of this does have to do with our having income and wealth way too skewed to the top 1/2% who get taxed little.Barkley Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114257724762074636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-64812231719204383242011-02-23T10:31:50.711-05:002011-02-23T10:31:50.711-05:00The Republican plan, IMO, is deliberate. They lowe...The Republican plan, IMO, is deliberate. They lower taxes on the wealthy so that those on the middle class are increased. See the 2010 tax cut deal that saw Republicans demand raised taxes for a significant segment of the lower-income population. In a vicious cycle, Rethug politicians then stoke anger among the middle class for the purpose of lowering them for the wealthy. And so on.Jacquesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432992090830534636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-22796319298958924022011-02-23T10:07:33.657-05:002011-02-23T10:07:33.657-05:00The response from the "leftoids" has bee...The response from the "leftoids" has been to raise taxes on the wealthy and lower them for the middle class, the reverse of the "rightoids."<br />Yet, the stupidity class keeps on voting.Jacquesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432992090830534636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-64221872438251460112011-02-23T10:05:53.523-05:002011-02-23T10:05:53.523-05:00That's nonsense. The left is trying to raise ...That's nonsense. The left is trying to raise taxes on the upper class, not the middle class. The question is how the right has been so successful at playing the lower and middle classes. Or, how does raising taxes on the wealthy "depress the middle class further"?<br /><br />The right has become very adept at using marketing and propaganda tools to protect the wealthy. That's what's changed, and the reason we're having this odd argument over teacher's salaries in the first place. The conversation goes "The rich are taking half of the income in the country - now in our economic crisis, we need to tax the rich more to help everyone else." "Look at how much those overpaid teachers and their union bosses are taking from you! We need to cut their pay to match the cuts everyone else has suffered. - Girls gone wild at spring break, stay tuned for video!"kjmclarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490417628052004621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-45712915628990892162011-02-23T09:46:43.019-05:002011-02-23T09:46:43.019-05:00IF public school teachers are in the highest-paid ...IF public school teachers are in the highest-paid slice of the middle class then you know your economy is in trouble. <br /><br />The background for this fight is that the rest of the middle class has been whacked and there simply isn't the money to support all the teachers. <br /><br />I expect the Republicans to lose the austerity fight, but it will be harder to beat them than it has to. The response from the leftoids has been raise taxes and so depress the middle class further. That's why nobody trusts you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com