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Originally Posted by jebartle
New York highest teacher salary average $90,000+....
Earlier thread, I mentioned that our values are "out of whack", how can our state, not be ashamed, paying a profession that is so important to our future such a pathetic amount to our teachers.
Please, for those asking me to leave if I don't like it, I suggest we fix this problem by cutting our legislators salaries until it's fixed.
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Since the labor market has outcomes you don’t like, here is a better system to set wages. Let a government committee set wages. A new bill recently passed by the legislature in California sets the minimum wage for relatively low skilled fast food workers at $22 per hour.
California Fast Food Wages Would Be Set by Government Under Bill Passed by State Legislature - WSJ
If you like that system for setting wages instead of a free labor market, why not have the committee set the minimum wage at $50 per hour or $100 or $1000. People need a living wage.
Of course, with a government committee setting wages, we would have committee members that are completely altruistic, can’t be corrupted by power, and smarter than any of us.
The government could have committees setting wages for teachers, law enforcement officers … you know, every kind of worker including elite athletes. Of course, this system has been tried before. It worked really well.