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I don't have a listing of median benefits nationwide, (I don't think).
I do have this:
May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
In 2009, teacher's in Wisconsin were paid a median of $49,000, I think. So that's just over this average of all jobs. Again, since we've shown that income - expenses = profit/loss, and we've also shown that Walker decided tax breaks were more important than negotiating with teachers, I think the news that Walker is discussing politics with who he thought was a major campaign contributor should have destroyed what little credibility he had left.
However, if you do have some shocking statistic that compares teacher's salaries + fringe benefits to other salaries I would love to see it. I know they do have some excellent benefits since they are government employees.
Let me know where those WMD's are?
You do realize that the teachers also have benefits included in their compensation and those benefits are quite lucrative but aren't included in the calculations. Nor is the fact that teachers work 9 months out of the year and are funded entirely by the taxpayers. Because they are public unions funded by the Taxpayer, FDR got it right, public unions should have no collective bargaining rights.