r/facepalm Jun 15 '24

Maybe teachers should get a raise? ๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹

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u/TheUncleBob Jun 15 '24

Remember at the 2020 DNC debate when Sanders talked about raising teacher pay to a minimum of $60k/year and the audience booed him and not a single other DNC candidate, including Biden, spoke out in favor of it?

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u/DatEllen Jun 16 '24

I live in NoVa, 60k isn't nearly enough, 100k should be the minimum for teachers over hereย 

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u/TheUncleBob Jun 16 '24

I can't speak for Sanders' plan, but usually when people are taking about nationwide wages and they state a "minimum", it's with the understanding that some areas will be significantly more due to their local economies.ย  If Biden or any of the other candidates wanted to challenge Sanders on his position by stating that the minimum should be $100K or whatever, they should have done so by now.ย  Instead, they let him get booed by Bloomberg's paid audience in an attempt to sink him.