Three months ago, I remember being told that Americans making $250,000 a year were just salt of the earth types, barely scrapping by in lower-middle-class existence. The value of the dollar must have skyrocketed in the meantime, because now I’m told Wisconsin teachers (starting salary: $25,222; average: $46,390) are lazy, overpaid parasites.
Ah, but you are comparing apples to oranges, Ilya! Because we all know that maintaining a lifestyle with 250k requires time and effort equivalent to a second job, for which they need to be compensated. What with shopping, paying bills, engaging in leisure activities like going to concerts, theater or art exhibitions? That takes time and a considerable physical effort. We all know that the lazy, slacking teachers do not devote nearly as much of it to such pursuits. They probably stay home doing nothing. Do we need to fund such parasitic lifestyles?! Eh?!
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