Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris proposed Tuesday spending a staggering $315 billion over 10 years to boost teacher pay, a move that would have an immediate pocketbook impact on a large and influential group of voters who are in high demand.
Harris proposes paying for the plan by strengthening the estate tax and cracking down on loopholes that let the very wealthiest, with estates worth multiple millions or billions of dollars, avoid paying their “fair share,” according to her campaign., is her response to what she says is a teacher pay “crisis” that has triggered a wave of strikes beginning in West Virginia last year and now roiling her home state of California.
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mitchellreports Good teachers are underpaid, but blindly throwing money into the system is not the answer. The problem is there are way too many poor teachers that are protected by unions and tenure. There needs to be accountability. Let’s put our heads together and figure it out for our kids.
Better investment than a stupid wall.
Kamala Harris is out to buy votes by promising huge spending on various groups. Teachers just the “buy of the week attempt.” Last week it was reparations.
Before we go throwing other people’s money around, we need to first fix what’s being taught. That’s called step 1
...of which approximately $314 billion will go to the scum-sucking superintendents and dispensed as 'overtime bonuses' at their discretion. Teacher are going to get it alright, long and hard using lemon juice as lube.
She's already desperate ; and with Biden likely to run, she's forced to go big. But not so big as to support reparations for ADOS ppl ! And her saying in a widely viewed interview that she would not do anything exclusively for them, has effectively doomed her campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris proposed Tuesday to redistribute $315 billion from the top 1% to boost teacher pay. Fixed it for ya (again). Politico, do better.
$31 billion per year is not staggering and it is fully paid for. The ROI will be significant.
It's important to know that your child is getting a good education the person most important to your child's education is a teacher why should they be working for Less then a living wage and I am not a teacher
I have to laugh, the looney left can’t find $5B to secure our sovereignty but would like to fund $315B for universal indoctrination education. Hmmm
More money to a failed program, for indoctrination only. Do away with Dept of Education
Are you going to do that for nurses, nurses aides, police officers, firemen, etc.....? They work 24/7, 7 days a week! Teachers contracts are for less than 170 days a year! This is a No. Many already make $60,000-80,000/ yr!
Considering the quality of education we have today, teachers are over paid now.
Lol ok so no more summer break?
About the cost per year of the missiles we fire off...or planes we build that don't work right
They were all going to vote for her anyway, why the bribe?
What’s staggering is how much we spend on weapons and contract killers. What’s staggering is how little teachers are paid and respected. What’s staggering is your unrelenting bias.
say anything for votes but not worried about border crisis
'The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.' A. de Tocqueville. Listen to the left's free things if you vote for him/her. Alexis seems to have anticipated one of the things that would end our Republic.
How is it staggering when Republicans just gave millionaires& billionaires& corporations a $1 trillion tax cut
Schools are funded by state not federal governments. An intention of the founding fathers, states rights. What a mess, bring in the feds.. common Core and NCLB comes to mind..
mitchellreports Education instead of the Space Force?! What an idea!
Kamala, If you claim that 'Mexico will pay for it', YOU'RE IN!...
Stack the money and set it on fire
I think when you write your headlines “staggering “ should be saved when you do An unpaid for $1.5 trillion tax cut to the rich and the super wealthy
About gd time we fix this problem..going on for years.
Now that’s money well spent!
Where do you suppose she came up with that figure? Teachers better do the math on this, because it doesn't add up to anything over ten years. ESPECIALLY in high taxed states like California, ILLINOIS, NEW YORK ect..Dems throw SUCKER sandwiches out to the suckers eating it up.
Save more than that if she doesn’t golf...
The democrats are losing the election to Trump one day at a time. This is fodder for the MAGA crowd. The Democratic party has no unified or sensible message.
They have to even though teachers pay shouldn't be a federal duty. Democrats need the teachers union money. Pelosi's bailout in 09 landed Dems over $100 million in donations.
Uhhhh doesn’t the constitution view education as a state issue Teachers should get a good salary.
And what do we call taxpayer funded golf trips?
Our public schools need resources.
If America raised the bar and that resulted in smarter people, nobody would vote Republicans in to public office.
This is very poor reporting . Hyperbolic and inaccurate headline.
Yea right !!!! Good idea who’s going to pay for it !! Pay them more get same results!!!
here one may you will vote for me I going to give everyone a million dollars
ya again it's easy to say I going to throw someone else's money around who wouldn't like that but what she says is not what will happen this is the new way just like Mayor Tubbs fo Stockton but yet have done nothing for the city but spend on bullshit,
Nothing wrong with that. Teachers don't get paid nearly enough and Republicans piss the money away in tax cuts and.boondoggles anyway.
Where’s the money coming from?
Pipe dream ‼️🐸
Spend spend spend who cares it’s not her money right?
So, about twice-ish the price of the Orange Menace's useless wall, but of benefit to literally every person in America, and the progress of the entire nation. OK. Seems affordable and and a wise investment, rather than 'staggering.'
Wiley says she may be good as Stormy maybe she can raise some money to pay teachers that money she has NO CLUE
If this succeeds, the teachers I know will pump that money back into the economy. They’ll buy even more school supplies. Teachers invest in students.
Better than giving a trillion dollar tax cuts to billionaires.
Staggering because that's how much they've needed, but have gone without for so long.
So?
Only to be dwarfed by the over $1 trillion tax cut for super wealthy passed by GOP and signed by Trump in 2017?
That's all? 31.5B a year? The Pentagon literally loses more than that. Literally doesn't know where it is.
Really? You had to add “staggering” Isn’t that the price a SINGLE fighter jet?
mitchellreports Why staggering? That's a careless headline.
Idiot newby, has about an 8th of the knowledge of current events, upon seeing her face I become visibly nauseated. She is as fat left as all of them are Unable to come up with new ideas instead of taking up a new problem.
mitchellreports 'Staggering.' I'd love to hear you sp shocked about even a portion of the defense budget.
About time.
That's 31 a year .. military got 820billion
SenKamalaHarris
About time teachers were paid what they are worth. Retired teacher here.
NEA pandering much? No money for actual school buildings, books, computers, supplies, equipment, etc. Just give teachers money confiscated from their neighbors (after being skimmed to cover more federal beaurocrat salaries).
She learned underneath the pimp Willy. Buy your votes. flatbackedherwaytothetop
Can’t she do this as a sitting senator?
mitchellreports Thank you from a retired educator of middle school students for 43 years who loved every minute of teaching students!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
But she won’t spend a pittance of that to protect the border
Several candidates want to tax the extremely wealthy more to fund their many programs. Problem is that there aren’t enough of them to do so. States r also asked to chip in which means higher state taxes. Buying teacher votes now.
lovealaska1105 Why is this “staggering”? The “president” damaged the economy with tax cuts for top 1%. Demands ACA be dismantled. Cuts to Social Security,Medicare, Special olympics FFS. KamalaHarris paying teachers a living wage is “staggering”? F/U
How many Individual 1 trips to Mar-a-Lago is that equal to?
Cut the word staggering. That’s opinion not reporting facts.
An average of $31 billion a year for ten years is a pittance given the size of the federal budget. Do kids not deserve this so that America can be great.
Yes! Much better to invest in educators than to destroy health care!
What? Give money to workers rather than the filthy rich?
Pandering again.
Scary headline and not at all true; it’s a big budget!
mitchellreports Now you’re talking...
Kamala making a ploy for the teachers union vote
mitchellreports ‘Staggering’ is editorializing a bit here don’t you think?
Why is that staggering?
Everybody knows teachers should be paid more
Great. Will anyone ask her how the govt will pay for it?
She is right. We need to invest in education instead of giving corporates and riches 1.5 trillions of free lunches. Education is the backbone and the future of this country.
Better teachers and therefore their students than billionaires!! InvestInTheFuture
Staggering? That’s less than 5% of what we’ll spend on the military over that span.
To be more indoctrinated
You make it sound like a bad thing in this tweet Politico. Spending on teacher salaries and education is actually a fantastic idea.
mitchellreports She may have to declare a national security emeregncy like trump to get funding from the militray budget to fund it. Just like trump has done ! And then again, and again, and again . Mr. trump, you have just set very dangerous prescident so you show off !
Good for her. Where is that money coming from? Her inheritance?
Voting block
mitchellreports Do you wonder if this Demonrat on the take from the Unions!
mitchellreports Trump boasts of so many achievements while our poor get poorer and our sick get sicker. This Administration has No oversight, no ethics, no morals and no sense of Accountability.
And then ? INFRASTRUCTURE. Streamline it using Green New Deal nut GET IT GOING ! A TJV Bullet Train across America ! Safe bridges ! New schools! Internet for all ! Good roads ! INFRASTRUCTURE!
mitchellreports I wish someone would address the special needs issues so many of our Americans With Disabilities face. The Forgotten Americans. Thank you. funder MaddowBlog
2 Walls? Not bad
Way past time ! Teachers buying their own supplies ? On a paycheck that screams poverty ? In Anchorage they also buy warm clothes for the poor as well . We have abused our Teachers for FAR TOO LONG . Pay them like the wonderful professionals they are !
That’s right! Teachers firs!
Sure, why not? Then they will be competitive with the college professionals. And with free college, Medicare for all, plus the reparations we have to pay, free day care and preschool, a living wage guarantee for all, 90% tax on the rich.........wow! What a country!
Good! That’s the type of thing I’d love to see my tax dollars spent on.
How is she paying for a local expense? Federal governments charged with providing for our common defense. Boarder security. Not funding local schools 🤔
“Staggering” to whom? What’s with the editorializing Show me just once you said Trump’s wall that Mexico isn’t paying for has a “staggering” cost?
No matter what's thought about the amount , education is the key 2 a brighter future 4 all Our Families sakes, it's about giving young Ppl the tools needed 2 come out of poverty some of Us were born from.Aren't Our kids worth investing in?Pay Teachers their due finally.
Why tests scores have remained the same since the 70’s despite staggering spending.
Lol “staggering”
What? Teaching teachers how to be BLANTANTLY RASCIST 😡. Give it your best shot SenKamalaHarris ‼️
mitchellreports It can come from the 10 year $7 Trillion Defense Budget
Instead of “staggering,” maybe try the word “necessary,” or “long needed.”
mitchellreports Was it staggering when they raised the military budget more than double that in one year?
mitchellreports I would say that a multi-trillion dollar tax cut for the ultra wealthy is staggering.
mitchellreports Yes. Pay teachers what your children are worth.
mitchellreports “Staggering?” Really? $31.5 billion per year is “staggering?” What percentage of the defense budget is that? 🖕🏻
Sure give it all away it's not your money...
Staggering? More incompetent journalism. Why do they even exist?
mitchellreports Stop using words like “staggering” to describe everything in the federal budget that is non military. How about applying that measure to potus every weekend golf holidays ?
mitchellreports Funny you guys never say ' the american government is spending a staggeringly large amount of money on war, or tax cuts'.... less Bombs more teachers
That’s nearly $9k/ yr per teacher. Teachers already get plenty of benefits. Many make great money. Also the feds shouldnt interfere with what is clearly a local issue.
Since when do the Feds pay teachers salaries?
I thought teacher pay was a state and local issue. The a Federal government has nothing to do with it.
Teachers are essential to our society and should be treated as such. But would KamalaHarris use this plan to stipulate how localities form curiculum? If so we will have failings equal to those of Bush and Obama policies. Let localities decide how to educate, not federal gov
Not making daddy proud. 🇯🇲 Harris & Booker work well together. moderndaylynching hatehoax
mitchellreports yeah, we know which side you root for. You're the millionaires paid by billionaires to convince the rest of us that any spending for the rest of us is sinful.
mitchellreports Has Politico ever referred to an increase in military spending as 'staggering?'
mitchellreports Staggering....that this is less than 70% of what Trump's tax cuts gave to millionaires and billionaires.
mitchellreports Let’s see, if we drop back to five aircraft carriers from the current ten, we’re there with money left over!
1/6 the cost of Trump's tax cuts for the rich.
mitchellreports STAGGERING The Pentagon gets twice that every year
There must come a time when Politico calls these loons out for imbecilic policies.
Teachers should be paid less.
Here comes higher taxes for crappier test scores!
Your child's education...PRICELESS.
Yeah, right!
Sorry folks but that's a state issue
What’s crazy is even if she could pass this they would build some giant 300billion dollar government program to hand out 15 billion to the union teachers on condition they donate 1/4 of it back to the dnc.
So will teachers re s fall under fed as post office employees?
KamalaHarris realDonaldTrump Harris is out looking for Union donations by giving them a pay raise! Didn't Obama do that with his stimulus? YES!
You have tweeted 3 times in one day,the same article. Every single time pointing out the proposed cost, but not once a benefit or any information about the policy itself in your tweets
Pandering
Staggering That’s less than 1% of the current federal budget. The current budget has $276 billion in “other” descretionary spending!!!! Do better !!! SenKamalaHarris KamalaHarris
Any chance she has details? I support teachers getting raises BUT there has to be a real review process based on performance and not just 'tenure'.
Alright somebody finally treating the education of our children like a pentagon project. Less blowing up and killing and more education money for teachers pays dividends for children and nation.
Easy to spend other people's money...liberals are promising everything to everyone..
Less than the tax cut that went to mostly millionaires.
Reminder: we just allocated $35 billion to another first world country (Israel), getting nothing in return, an nobody cared. Not that we should be paying teachers more, but I'd rather give it to them than have it pay for tanks to crush Palestinian children.
An educated society......Priceless
Maybe then, we get no more trump supporters!
Sounds like a good start..
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Which means a) more investment in American children’s future education b) teachers will have more $ to spend; back into the economy!
How dare her. Should be spent on golf, or a meaningless border wall, or some other hateful policy, not 'educating people'. Who wants educated voters anyway.
KamalaHarris Hey! You could commence reparations to the descendants of your ancestors' slaves!
Staggering. Really? Isn’t your kid worth it. 1st line of advocacy parents 2nd teachers!
pay now or pay later a poor education produces a less productive society
She never fought for it..i dont buy it....Teachers are the pillar of the society..
She's so liberal with other people's money. But then, she's a Liberal Democrat. Don't vote for the poison.
....but she's not just pandering for votes is she?
A measly $315 Billion over 10 years
Yeah, just arrest all the HSBC folks for $ laundering, throw away the key this time, take it down and fines go to salaries
The first biggest & best investment in the US in just over two years. Well overdue.
Trying to buy votes I see with tax payer money. The only way a Democrat can get elected.
It could be paid for by reducing defense dept waste by a mere 4.8% STAGGERING!
Plunder and Deceit: Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future
Not just teachers pay, but teachers have a standing offer for teachers to protect their students and young adults. What's the point of cutting them off now that the teacher can't get a job?
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