No matter where you live in the US, your teachers are underpaid, no one has brag points
If you need more examples of how the Federal government could distribute $100 bln to elevate parts of the US above third world standards, use your imagination
The executive branch can’t just unilaterally decide where to spend money, they spend money that Congress allocates.
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I am not arguing against increasing teacher compensation, I’m just explaining why it isn’t trivial to address it.
Also worth noting that an extra 100B of deficit is no big deal as long as it only buys unproductive weapons.
The Washington state Supreme Court in 2013 decided that education funding in the state should be more equitable, so now Seattle sends part of their property taxes to poorer districts in eastern Washington, who otherwise would have cheaped out on education because conservatives don’t believe in higher taxes to fund it (but have no problem receiving subsidies from richer liberal areas).
Teachers in the Seattle area also aren’t really underpaid. Not making FAANG salaries, but most clear $80k.