My brother teaches high school in Michigan. He’s well compensated but has had some pay cuts in the last few years that he’s always whining about.
Here’s the rub, he whines to me who works in the private sector and when the economy went south had a 100% pay cut and had to move my family 600 miles for a new job.
My sympathy level is pretty low.
Where I live now, I know several guys who were given temporary, short term 1-2 week layoffs due to Obama’s Sequester. I reminded them why I moved here and welcomed them to my world. Again, no sympathy.
Union states being the highest paid. Imagine that.