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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My starting teacher salary in 2016 was $33K before taxes

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And that was a long time and a lot of inflation ago.

[–] Sanctus 2 points 2 months ago

And a lot of inflation means that, unless wages kept with it (they didn't), this situation is exponentially worse.