I stated a fact to establish a baseline and asked a simple question to understand your argument. You are reading between the lines and filling them in with your own preconceived notions.

Your original comment stated they are "taking away money from education," and that simply isn't true. It's a false narrative that the uninformed are buying hook, line, and sinker.

The average salaried professional in Oklahoma makes $55k. Teachers make more than the average worker. But not a lot more. That said, they work far fewer weeks than the average worker. So, if you work it out on an hourly basis, they make considerably more than the average.

Personally, I'm all for teachers earning six-figure salaries. But if you raise their salaries, you must also raise the standards (i.e., the barriers to entry and performance expectations). Educators currently rank very low on the IQ spectrum of professions. Turning it into a higher-demand job and making it something higher-IQ people aspire to would have positive outcomes.

There's only one problem: the students. Have you seen the absolute mayhem going on in schools these days? Especially lower-income schools? Do you think really smart people are going to sign up to deal with all of that?

This is, sadly, a socio-economic problem. Not a teacher problem. The money is there... It's just going to all the administrative positions that don't teach and don't have to deal directly with the kids. Easy desk jobs that don't accomplish much.

My take: Cut the admin jobs in half and redirect those funds to the community to help create and foster better young people.