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[Danno1]

Yes....his viewpoint ASSUMES the tax dollars he pays for education WILL result in educated, productive young adults, but no doubt much of what he pays will simply be wasted on students who don't want to learn, or on athletics that have no benefit toward a grade, or perhaps just toward teacher and administrator salaries and benefits. Very hard to calculate just how much of his tax dollars are actually used toward the REAL purpose of schools.

Yes, he is making assumptions, and I definitely agree w the waste comment.

My ex-in laws are in their early 80's and their only income is from Social Security...their last child graduated from the school system over 40 years ago, yet they still have to pay taxes to support the local school district. NOW, don't you feel people their age deserve a break? I certainly do.

Yes, I also believe that older retired people should be given a break on property taxes. Ideally 100%.



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[Pops15]

I did a quick search and found the avg teacher salary in the area is 64K and the avg engineer salary in the area is 68K. Let's assume benefits are equal. Teachers work about 8 1/2 months here VS 12 months for engineers. Teachers have a pretty good gig here. Teachers in one area district can make 80K to close to 100K, and they earn it in that district.

I know things are different elsewhere. My sis is a teacher with two master's in another state and her compensation is pitiful.

 

[dave1949]

I did a quick search and found the avg teacher salary in the area is 64K and the avg engineer salary in the area is 68K. Let's assume benefits are equal. Teachers work about 8 1/2 months here VS 12 months for engineers. Teachers have a pretty good gig here. Teachers in one area district can make 80K to close to 100K, and they earn it in that district.

I know things are different elsewhere. My sis is a teacher with two master's in another state and her compensation is pitiful.

Here is a national compensation showing the median and mean salary for various professions by categories: May 2011 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
There is probably some skewing of data here. When comparing teaching to some other professions, like engineering or computer/technical/programming, those tend to have more jobs in high cost of living areas, while education jobs are somewhat more dispersed across all COL areas.