TEACHERS: Pay is relative

Thanks Darrell for the amusing letter on overpaid teachers. I love candor like this!

But maybe the issue is that machinists and tradesmen make too little?

Many people using Obamacare, child care credit, earned income credit, even housing assistance are independent contractors and tradesmen. Their net incomes are below poverty levels. We love their cutthroat prices or low wages, but we rail against the handouts that make their low cost possible.

So socialize our expenses we will. Just like we do teachers, just more sneaky for “machinists” and the like.

MIKE RENO

Post Falls