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Appalachia

TreasonousBastard

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6. Living expenses are part of it, but...

Reply to Petrushka (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 01:50 PM

Mar 2014

cops around here have historically been better than most other groups in keeping pay high.

I know one couple where she is a cop making $120,000 and he is an ADA making $90,000. Amazingly, his law degree makes him worth 30 grand less than his wife!

To get back to teachers, aside from teachers unions getting bad press, there are a lot more teachers than cops so giving them a raise costs much more overall.

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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