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Petrushka

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5. I figure living expenses are higher in your area than they are in West Virginia.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 01:40 PM

Mar 2014

After living for 74 years in West Virginia, I've discovered---in the past 4 years---that living expenses are higher in central Ohio.

Also: If one considers that WalMart is the state's largest private employer, it hints at what proud West Virginians have learned or not learned at their own expense . . . namely, an old-fashioned work ethic that proclaims any paying job to be preferable to charity.

http://workforcewv.org/lmi/prTOP100_11.pdf

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Teachers' salaries must be competitive! [View all] theHandpuppet Mar 2014 OP

At the very least, make teacher pay equal to cop's. TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #1

Oh, no! That would mean a pay cut for teachers. Petrushka Mar 2014 #3

That's WV. Around here cops make over $100,000... TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #4

I figure living expenses are higher in your area than they are in West Virginia. Petrushka Mar 2014 #5

Living expenses are part of it, but... TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #6

In West Virginia, more than 66% of property tax assessment monies goes for schools . . . Petrushka Mar 2014 #7

That would be the first step of many to help such a repressed region. William769 Mar 2014 #2