Originally Posted by ltppowell
Originally Posted by AJ300MAG
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When the average salary of a semi-skilled assembly line worker exceeds that of a teacher, we have huge issues


Tell me Jorge, how many teachers do you know that have lost a finger or worse on the job? How many teachers have Bilateral Carpal Tunnel to the extent that they loose the sense of feeling in their hands for weeks on end? How many suffer from higher incidents of cancer due to exposure to industrial chemicals? How many have blown disc in their back, or can't turn their head do to neck/spinal issues? How many spend their day minutes from a potentially fatal industrial accident, or have been killed while on the job?

Ever think for a moment there's a reason for the pay and compensation that semi-skilled employees recieve?


No offense, but physical "risks" really have nothing to do with it and or indigenous to the lowest paying jobs. Teachers don't receive more pay simply because they come from two types of people, those that would do it for because they have a "calling", and educated idiots that can't make it in the real world.


Good post.

Compensation is never about minor risks. Compensation in a true capitalistic society is about the number of people who can do a specific job. Any moron can do assembly line work, minor risks are irrelevant. Put out an ad for an average UAW job at $XX,xxx and you'll get qualified respondents around the corner. Put out an ad for teachers and the line will be half as long. Put out an ad for Doctors and the line will be 1/50th as long.

Compensation is about the market. If you have a bunch of people willing to take minor risks because they don't have a skill set in demand, there is no reason to pay them as much as a "no risk" job, where the supply of qualified individuals is limited.

It's as if the laws of economics stop at the border of rust belt states. The Kool Aid makes people so drunk believing the propaganda of the Unions, they can't even understand Economics 101.

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