Holger DyroffJul 17
Randahl Fink

In the Trump dictatorship public school teachers are paid USD 55,000 a year, while ICE agents are paid USD 100,000.

In Denmark, a public school teacher earns USD 90,000, while the police cadets stopping migrants at the border are paid 51,000.

Priorities ladies and gentlemen.

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Show threadFrançois @PragueJul 17

@randahl

It all starts with education... MAGA is a painful example.

Show threadLea 💚🧵🛠️📊🥧🇺🇦🇵🇸Jul 17
@randahl Also, #unions !
Show thread72mzJul 17
@randahl
I assume the Danes are motivated by patriotism and the ICE agents are trump mercenaries whose loyalty is bought.
Show threadelpolacodesplegadoJul 17
@randahl
It's the same in Germany. A public school teacher gets the equivalent of a police commander's salary. But then the Republicans under Nixon already decided that they don't want an educated proletariat. Taking money for education is great way to exclude the poor. The civil rights movement was "bad" enough. God knows what may happen if workers want fair wages.
Show threadHein RagasJul 17
@randahl @jurjen_heeck There shouldn't be any police stopping migrants at the border, let's give the teachers $155.000
Show threadDźwiedziuJul 17

@heinragas
This

Having people at the border to decide which human life is “worthy”* is not the flex one thinks it is.

* I'm not going into state security angles, because the task presented is “stopping migrants”, without discerning between asylum seekers, climate/war refugees, economic migrants, etc.

@randahl @jurjen_heeck

Show threadMichael WymanJul 17
@randahl $55,0000? Most teachers I know earning in that ballpark also have at least a Master’s degree.
Show threadKatrien M MichielsJul 17
@mwyman @randahl which adds to the point; Teaching is serious stuff, one needs proper training to provide valuable education. If you value education enough to pay teachers that much, you're not going to want just about any moderately trained individual to get in front of a class.
Show threadSu_GJul 17

@randahl

Two great data points! Thx for sharing. Always so helpful to get information on how other people, other countries, do things. 🙂

Show threadRandahl FinkJul 17
@Su_G your reply made me look at your profile to see where you were from. If there is no downside, you might want to add a country or state or region.
Show threadOtte Homan - remember GeordieJul 17
@randahl this tells me that between these two jobs, "Motivation" is valued at $45'000
Show threadisma rodríguezJul 17
@randahl Well, Mette Frederiksen in particular has pretty similar priorities and has been co-opting far-right policies on immigration https://www.politico.eu/article/mette-frederiksen-denmark-jd-vance-migration-asylum-refugees/
JD Vance had a point on migration, Denmark’s prime minister warns EU leaders

In a wide-ranging interview, Mette Frederiksen says she considers “mass migration … as a threat to the daily life in Europe.”

POLITICO
Show threadRandahl FinkJul 17
@isma_rgz correct.
Show threadMaciej Bernatt-ReszczyńskiJul 17
@randahl That was Lenin's definition of a police state, I think - one where police get paid more than teachers. Not that his Bolshevik state was any different, mind.
Show threadJoeJul 17
I am no fan of Trump, but this is like blaming the EU for teacher salaries in Denmark. The EU does not pay teachers. Denmark does. Likewise, in the US, the member states and their local subdivisions pay teachers, not the federal government. As such, Trump has no control over teacher salaries in the United States. The US is a union, like the EU. The states handle education and determine teacher salaries.
Show threadJesse McClure Jul 17

@randahl

Damn, they *all* make more than I ever have with a PhD in the sciences :/

EDIT: I do live in a relatively low-cost-of-living area, so it's really not that bad. Though the idea of a "cost of living" is disturbing isn't it, but that's a different topic.

Show threadrozodruJul 17

@randahl by design. An uneducated person is less likely to rebel and question authority. An uneducated populace is easier to control. An uneducated person is more likely to believe whatever the individuals in power tell them.

Thus the reason for their desire to cut funding for programs and cut funding for public education or completely remove it.

Show threadAlfred J. Kwak (audiokontor) ☕Jul 17
@rozodru add fear to the equation and you've nailed it. @randahl
Show threadRobin BartonJul 17
@randahl You can always tell priorities by how they direct resources. Well done!
Show threadDan MorrisJul 17

@randahl I got my teaching credentials, but simply couldn't live on 55k, even with an additional 15 for summer school. It's just not reasonable.

the expectation, I believe, is for the spouse to support the household and then, perhaps, after 10-15yrs, when your salary goes up to 100k, you may be able to support yourself and live in a studio apartment

I mean, it's pretty sad that my kid's teacher makes less than the guy who just served me coffee at this cafe. And it's pretty disgusting that some people I work with think teachers get overpaid.

Show threadRandahl FinkJul 17
@coldfish that is crazy.
Show threadMarion DonnellyJul 17
@randahl
From The Salt Lake Tribune’s own political cartoonist, Pat Bagley.
Show thread🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣Jul 17

@randahl

51 000 US dollars a year per person is still way to much for people paid to kill people who fly away from wars waged by white countries…

This job should not even exist…

Show threadobscurestarJul 17
@randahl But Trump loves the poorly educated. Theyr'e so muh easier to manipulate , control, and dispose of.
Show threadStefaniaJul 17
@randahl in Italy from 20.000 to 30000 €
And to live here Is very expensive too
Show threadRandall LeeJul 19
@randahl the teachers have years of education and training to be teachers. ICE goons only need to be sociopaths to get the job