Unless the author of the post is tempted to quit her job as a teacher in order to become an ICE agent, her experience is actually evidence that teachers are being paid enough.
Some peoples priorities encompass more than money.
That doesn’t mean money wouldn’t make their life better or their job easier. You could also hire more teachers at the same salary. Student/teacher ratios are also part of the problem.
I don’t know if you’ve been asleep for the past 20 years, but in a lot of places, public school teachers are quitting. And they’re being replaced with unqualified people who are pretty much babysitters instead of instructors.
The point is, capitalism makes workplaces pay their workers just enough so they don’t leave. This is basic supply and demand, as always. No one cares for the people or the future for that matter.
Hiring people for a people-torturing machine is harder, because some people still have moral compass, and also care for their own safety. ICE jobs, while not requiring such an extensive education, are morally wrong, brutal, and dangerous, which all reduce worker supply and raise the pay.
Besides, keeping schools understaffed does not immediately affect the economy in a big way, so they may keep it as the next generation’s problem. Keeping ICE understaffed is, in the eyes of the government, an immediate threat. You don’t want to keep an organized group of guys with guns unhappy, and you need to project the dedication in your (inhumane) ways to gain legitimacy to keep being elected (until you completely dismantle democracy).
And when the government needs something - it will get it, screwing everyone else.
Unless the author of the post is tempted to quit her job as a teacher in order to become an ICE agent, her experience is actually evidence that teachers are being paid enough.
Some peoples priorities encompass more than money.
That doesn’t mean money wouldn’t make their life better or their job easier. You could also hire more teachers at the same salary. Student/teacher ratios are also part of the problem.
You’re talking about someone with a masters that is responsible for the upbringing of the next generation V’s a thug.
What an absolutely shit, capitalist boot licking take.
Maybe she just wants the same pay as someone who arrests brown people.
I don’t know if you’ve been asleep for the past 20 years, but in a lot of places, public school teachers are quitting. And they’re being replaced with unqualified people who are pretty much babysitters instead of instructors.
Dude, you’re on lemmy. Libertarians get shot here.
In fairness, most people / places don’t like libertarians.
Not even libertarians like libertarians
eh, more like spat on from on high
I think the point here was misunderstood.
The point is, capitalism makes workplaces pay their workers just enough so they don’t leave. This is basic supply and demand, as always. No one cares for the people or the future for that matter.
Hiring people for a people-torturing machine is harder, because some people still have moral compass, and also care for their own safety. ICE jobs, while not requiring such an extensive education, are morally wrong, brutal, and dangerous, which all reduce worker supply and raise the pay.
Besides, keeping schools understaffed does not immediately affect the economy in a big way, so they may keep it as the next generation’s problem. Keeping ICE understaffed is, in the eyes of the government, an immediate threat. You don’t want to keep an organized group of guys with guns unhappy, and you need to project the dedication in your (inhumane) ways to gain legitimacy to keep being elected (until you completely dismantle democracy).
And when the government needs something - it will get it, screwing everyone else.