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The really really rich pay less because they get more of their income through capital gains.
Why do we continue to let that happen?
I didn't say they are "no less progressive" I said they are still progressive. When the upper income bracket has a higher tax rate, that's a progressive rate.
Less progressive is what I mean, except for the very rich who are paying less than their secretaries.
My mother was a teacher in both the private and public sector and she fully supports what they wanted to do in DC. Let teachers earn a lot more, but take away tenure. Teaching is a great profession and I actually hope to someday become one (when I'm 50 maybe - I just don't want to be bored and I certainly don't still want to be in finance).
However, our current system is broken and needs to change. Compensate teachers NOW for their work. If they're great teachers, pay them well. If they're not, don't. The whole system is screwed up when you can't fire a teacher and most of their money comes in at the end from a pension. This leads to unmotivated teachers, which we absolutely do not need. If someone is burned out from teaching by 45, let them quit, knowing they extracted their wages. If they have to work another 20 years, something they don't want to do, to receive their real compensation, a great pension, they're not going to be very good teachers. Our kids don't need these kinds of teachers.
My wife was a LD teacher in an elementary school in a non-union state. They experience worse problems, pay, and benefits than in the union states. Except instead of being near the top in academic excellence like the Northern Unionized states, we are 44th in the country. There are problems that need to be addressed in public schools just as their are problems that need to be addressed for the socio-economic conditions that account for lower testing levels. We also need to look at the inclusion requirements that force schools to include special needs kids into the regular classroom.
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