Facepalm post of the week (Reddit re "Biden's $15 minimum wage" law)

[Pluvious]

( and these people vote )

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Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1dgpxfz/maybe_teachers_should_get_a_raise/?

[Hekate]

1. Does it make sense for a teacher to be making minimum wage? How about raise their wages too?

Gods, people can be stupid.

[Haggard Celine]

5. It's just that simple.

What, are we supposed to keep paying people $7.25 just to keep them below teachers' pay? The obvious answer is to raise teacher pay along with minimum wage earners!

[captain queeg]

2. I'd say they got it backwards though I guess it depends on how you interpret it.

My first read I thought they were complaining about the minimum wage, but I read it again I saw they were complaining about teachers wages, which I totally agree with

[Pluvious]

12. Yes, good catch...

See my replies to post 3

[VMA131Marine]

3. I can't find this particular post but...

Clay is not a fan of the overwhelmingly Republican Texas state government. I think he actually is saying teachers should be paid a lot more (in Texas) not that the $15/hr min wage is bad.

Link to tweet

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[Pluvious]

8. Good catch, friend...

The r/facepalm thread posters are jumping to the wrong conclusion

The facepalm should be on the State of Texas, and their lack of priority for educating their children

FWIW I'll post a reply

[Pluvious]

9. After looking at his tweets...

It's likely that he deleted his OP, and changed his avatar (to remove his kids)

All his timeline seems to be exclusively non political

Freedom, Texas style

(facepalm)

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. They're so close to getting it...

[Maeve]

6. Very few minimum wage workers get 40 hours 52 weeks

And yeah, teachers aren't paid NEARLY enough for what they do!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Ask Texas.

[patphil]

10. Makes no sense at all. How much is a Texas teacher worth?

How about putting it in terms of yearly salary...say $60,000 to start, with median being about $80,000.
Perhaps top end a bit north of $100,000.
You only get to have your kids receive a high quality education once, and then they're on their way out into the world.
Why short change your kids, and limit their future?

I think that's the message this person is trying to convey.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. That's somewhat disingenuous

All districts in Texas do not pay the same. Urban school districts pay considerably more. The $33,660 they mention is the state base. Most districts contribute additional money to teachers' salaries from what they are able to collect through property taxes.

Also, many hourly workers aren't scheduled 40 hours in a regular basis. For example, the average full time hourly employee at Walmart is only scheduled 34 hours a week.