This comment just rubbed me the wrong way...

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113. I never said those things.

Although I do hold teachers in very high regard. Each grade they teach is a specialty in it’s own right, from pre-school through college. Most are highly educated at a great cost to themselves. That speciality needs to be rewarded its due. Unfortunately, we have many people in the US who have moss growing where brains are supposed to grow.

What I’ve said here is that the minimum wage has no effect on raising others wages. What raises wages is demand for workers, law, and organizing.

Your premiss was probably badly flawed from the beginning. I suspect a teacher would generally earn more due to organizing than other factors in these times. However, a forklift driver making $15-$16/hr could also indicate an organizations help also. Most “drivers” are probably paid much less now and do other scut work when their driving skill are no longer needed. BTW, that $15-$16 hr is pretty darn close to what many new teacher hires make now. Whoop.