THIS. This is what politics should be.
When I was a public school teacher, I struggled to make ends meet. My coworkers drove Ubers at night and sold their blood plasma for extra money. Today I filed a bill mandating a minimum salary of $70,000 for every teacher in Texas. #txlege

Mar 12, 2021 · 4:06 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Why not a million dollars a year?
Replying to @marwilliamson
Our national treasury is wasted away on wars. Until you put your effort into ending these wars it is futile to want money for other things. Both parties warmonger. Get a clue.
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Well tell them to get back to show taxpayers they "deserve" that money.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Talarico is amazing. Hope to see him on the National stage someday
Replying to @marwilliamson
No one has an issue with the teacher... it's the bloated Bureaucracy, and Greedy Unions that have to go!
Replying to @marwilliamson
I'd like the schools to move away from the "teacher" teacher. I'd like to teach, I'm a professional and would do it for fun. Schools should explore more ways to get kids to learn from online seminar to workshops to letting non teachers teach.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Teachers: some good, some bad, most somewhere in the middle. In other words...Teachers: just like everyone else in every other job. I'm against any pay raise based on a misconception. In this case, that they're somehow better than the rest of us.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
My first year teaching in Texas with a coaching stipend, was 18,000 a year. 30 years later my last year teaching with a masters degree was 65,000. Hmmmmmm....and I worked every summer.
Replying to @marwilliamson
City of Houston could never implement this. We voted to cap property taxes so the City is revenue restricted. Our roads are already a mess and cops and firefighters aren't taking a pay cut. You can't squeeze blood from a stone.
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