Teacher raise offer disrespectful? To whom?

How are the taxpayers supposed to consider the teacher raise offer disrespectful? Let’s look at the details.

Looking at the salary tables, I assume an average annual salary of $80,000 plus federal and state taxes of about $12,000 and health insurance of approximately $17,000. When retirement benefits of about $8,200 are added, this makes total annual compensation paid by taxpayers to be $117,800.

Teachers work about an average of 190 days per year, which makes their average total compensation paid by taxpayers to be about $78/hour.

The average pay in Calif. is about $25/hour plus taxes and ben...