West Virginia Teacher Strike

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(03-02-2018, 03:12 PM)Synric Wrote: My little brother is a correction counselor so I get to hear all about it lol. He averages only about 22k a year teachers and police average about 32 and judges about 42. The state has them by the balls because the DOC cannot strike or talk to the media because they are under a lifetime gag order.

Police in West Virginia get alot of state money. They have the toughest academy program in the country and their special unit (SWAT) is so well trained people from all over the world come to study their training techniques.

Wow, that's something I would have never guessed. At least with all the news coverage and media attention, I knew that teachers and cops get paid paltry sums compared to many other professions, but even a judge makes less than some freshly minted undergraduates from engineering programs? I'm assuming judges are former lawyers who've been elected/appointed after a decent amount of time spent litigating. Considering the cost of law school (probably over $100K, easy), and the debt that these guys are under when they get out of school, it would seem even judges might be living paycheck to paycheck (I'm slightly exaggerating, but not overly). I can see at least why some judges' impartiality could be questioned, if they're under such financial stress, and a correlation to why these positions have become so politicized. 

I've made quite a few assumptions up above, so if I'm missing something please fill it in.