TEACHERS: Yes, we'll take that offer

I agree with Mr. Blake's letter. We should pay our teachers like other public servants. There would be a structured pay scale that included pay raises every two years just for sticking around, and we could expect the cost of living increases that the military receives almost every year as well. Since we are all college educated, our pay scale would be more like that of an officer than enlisted. We could also count on receiving additional pay for housing, food and clothing. Medical care would be free, or we could use the government provided health insurance (at no cost to us). When we marry, our medical benefits would go up, and so would our housing allowance. And after 20 years we could count on seeing 50 percent of our pay for the rest of our lives; 75 percent if we stayed around for 30 years.

RICK JONES

USCG Retired

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