because our tax dollars don't pay the salaries of MBA's.
No, but we pay their salaries nonetheless. Just as we have the choice to not buy particular products, we have the choice to vote in lawmakers that would cut compensation to teachers.
you just don't like the answer.
I think you are not interested in asking the question.
that is just the relative value that people place on the product.
sure, but the people of Wisconsin obviously don't see the benefits reductions being asked for as significant enough to materially effect the teaching profession.
Again, those are descriptive statements, not normative ones. Nobody disputes the basic facts of the situation, or at least I don't.
teachers and doctors are not comparable professions. what is the cost of becoming a doctor compared to that of becoming a teacher? how much greater skill and intelligence is required in becoming a doctor? doctors make significantly more money than average because it requires significantly more intelligence, time, and money to become a doctor. and they provide a service which is significantly more difficult to do.
You're arguing against a claim that I didn't make. All I'm saying is that the economic logic is exactly the same. As an aside, a lot of doctors don't make enough money either, and that causes the same kind of problems (i.e., a shortage of primary care physicians).
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No, but we pay their salaries nonetheless. Just as we have the choice to not buy particular products, we have the choice to vote in lawmakers that would cut compensation to teachers.
you just don't like the answer.
I think you are not interested in asking the question.
that is just the relative value that people place on the product.
sure, but the people of Wisconsin obviously don't see the benefits reductions being asked for as significant enough to materially effect the teaching profession.
Again, those are descriptive statements, not normative ones. Nobody disputes the basic facts of the situation, or at least I don't.
teachers and doctors are not comparable professions. what is the cost of becoming a doctor compared to that of becoming a teacher? how much greater skill and intelligence is required in becoming a doctor? doctors make significantly more money than average because it requires significantly more intelligence, time, and money to become a doctor. and they provide a service which is significantly more difficult to do.
You're arguing against a claim that I didn't make. All I'm saying is that the economic logic is exactly the same. As an aside, a lot of doctors don't make enough money either, and that causes the same kind of problems (i.e., a shortage of primary care physicians).