>> A NEW STUDY INTO THE SALARIES OF COLLEGE EDUCATED
INDIVIDUALS SHOW THAT TEACHERS CONTINUE TO GET SCREWED
EVEN THOUGH CONSERVATIVES WOULD HAVE YOU THINK THAT THEY
ARE LIVING RICH ON A LOG.
IF YOU WANT THE STATS WE WILL GIVE THEM TO YOU.
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE UNITED STATES MAKES 67 PERCENT OF
WHAT COLLEGE EDUCATED WORKERS IN OTHER PROFESSIONS EARNED.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS EARN 71
PERCENT OF WHAT OTHER COLLEGE EDUCATED WORKERS MAKE.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING STUDY.
IT COULD BE A LITTLE MISLEADING BECAUSE ARE THEY LOOKING AT THE
AVERAGE SALARY OF ALL COLLEGE EDUCATED EMPLOYEES?
IF YOU ARE COMPARING TEACHERS TO A DOCTOR, OBVIOUSLY THEY
WILL MAKE LESS.
BUT IF THEY ARE COMPARING AVERAGES THEN TEACHERS ARE
GETTING SCREWED.
THAT IS A SURPRISE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SALARIES OF TEACHERS STATE-BY-STATE,
THEY MAKE LESS THAN MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME EDUCATION.
>> I HAVE TWO POINTS ON THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS NOT
AN OBVIOUS PROPOSITION THAT TEACHERS MAKE LESS THAN
DOCTORS OR LAWYERS.
IN FINLAND THEY DECIDED THAT TEACHERS ARE IMPORTANT AND
PAY THEM ABOVE WHAT TEACHERS NORMALLY MAKE.
IN AMERICA IT IS
NOT THAT WAY.
IN OTHER COUNTRIES THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?
FINLAND IS CONSISTENTLY IN THE TOP THREE IN ALMOST EVERY
CATEGORY OF EDUCATION.
OH, YEAH IF YOU EMPHASIZE EDUCATION YOU GET BETTER
EDUCATION.
IF YOU VALUE TEACHERS IT TURNS OUT THEY TEACH BETTER.
I LOVE THAT THIS COMES ACROSS AS SHOCKING.
>> THINK ABOUT ANYONE ELSE IN ANY JOB.
IF YOU ARE NOT COMPENSATED PROPERLY, THEN YOU HAVE NO
LOYALTY TO THE JOB.
YOU HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE JOBS.
YOU HAVE TO INCENTIVIZE DOING A GOOD JOB AND WHAT YOUR
CAREER IS.
IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY CRITICIZED IN THE MEDIA AND BY AN ENTIRE
POLITICAL PARTY, WELL THEN YOUR MORALE IS GOING TO BE LOW.
YOU ADD AN EXTREMELY LOW SALARY, AND WHAT INCENTIVE DO YOU
HAVE TO BE A TEACHER ANYMORE?
>> WALL STREET, WALL STREET, WALL STREET.
WHY?
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS.
WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE DECIDED THAT TEACHING IS NOT THAT
IMPORTANT.
AND BECAUSE WE MAKE THAT DECISION, WE ARE THE
TAXPAYERS, WE'RE THE ONES WHO DECIDE HOW MUCH TEACHERS GET.
ON TOP OF THAT, THEN WE HAVE REPUBLICANS AND A LOT OF
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA THAT TURN AROUND AND PRETEND AS IF
THE TEACHERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE POWERFUL IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> I KNOW.
>>THEY BLAME THEM FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS.
LIKE, THE TEACHERS UNIONS, THAT IS WHAT IS
BANKRUPTING THE COUNTRY.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY HEAR
REPUBLICANS RAILING AGAINST POLICE UNIONS.
THE POLICE UNIONS HAVE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN PROTECTING
THE OFFICIALS WHO WERE CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE USING
EXCESSIVE FORCE, KILLING UNARMED PEOPLE.
BUT REPUBLICANS DON'T MIND THAT, THEY HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING
ABOUT POLICE UNIONS.
WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS UNIONS, THEY LOSE THEIR MINDS.
YES, SOME TEACHERS ARE TENURED AND SO THEY GET PROTECTED.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO COMPENSATION, TEACHERS
UNIONS ARE NOT THAT POWERFUL BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE NOT
COMPENSATED PROPERLY.
>> BY THE WAY THE PENSIONS THAT THEY ARE BANKRUPTING ñ
YOU KNOW WHO HAS THE HIGHEST PENSIONS?
COPS.
NOT IN EVERY STATE, BUT ON AVERAGE HIGHER THAN ALMOST
ALL OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
DO TEACHERS HAVE THE HIGHEST PENSIONS?
NO.
THE TEACHERS, THEY ARE THE PROBLEM, THEY ARE THE ONES
BANKRUPTING THIS COUNTRY.
NOW YOU HAVE EXACT NUMBERS.
YOU KNOW THEY MAKE BELOW AVERAGE.
BY THE WAY, IT IS A TWOFER FOR REPUBLICANS.
ONE, IT DISTRACTS PEOPLE FROM REAL PROBLEMS, THE LOBBYISTS
THAT ARE BUYING OFF POLITICIANS AND ALLOWING MONEY TO GET
EXTRACTED FROM WALL STREET AND OIL COMPANIES ETC.
AND SECONDLY,
YOU KNOCK DOWN EDUCATION AND REPLACE IT WITH YOUR PROPAGANDA.
WIN, WIN.