In 2022, 31-year-old Maggie Perkins quit her eight-year teaching job and got a job at Costco. She doesn’t regret the decision, and she’s never been happier. Here’s a look at a day in the life working at Costco.
Exactly. Just to hammer home your point about free-market thinking on public services, corporate education explicitly tries to be competitive to acquire the best talent. Even if we match the corpo wages for public education, they would just increase it again to be more competitive. It’s a fools errand to play the market with our public services. Education is a fundamental institution in our society. We know they are lacking resources, so we should increase their allocation. It really doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.
Exactly. Just to hammer home your point about free-market thinking on public services, corporate education explicitly tries to be competitive to acquire the best talent. Even if we match the corpo wages for public education, they would just increase it again to be more competitive. It’s a fools errand to play the market with our public services. Education is a fundamental institution in our society. We know they are lacking resources, so we should increase their allocation. It really doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.