Personally, I have a doctorate in a competitive field of work and my education could run rings around any teacher you could put in front of me. But as a teacher – at the college level – I can command only about 70% of what the median salaried teacher makes. Now, I would submit that I am grossly underpaid for my education, ability and overall credentials.
By that metric – Teachers in this area of the country are indeed overpaid. However, wishing the sweatshop labor that exists for many with doctorates on everyone else is engaging a race to the bottom.

What the Governor of Wisconsin is doing is WRONG and this blog is not condoning union-busting in any way, size, shape, or form. The unions lost a lot of my sympathy when they refused to look objectively at their salaries while everyone else was living in a blizzard of pink slips. But anyone who is not in the top 1% does not want to live in a world where the Scott Walkers of the world get their way. They will come for you and your salary next. If you think they won’t you are deluding yourself. These people are hell bent on impoverishing the entire nation to enrich the top 1%.

So please do not use this post as a political football.