How do you define "poor"?

[06wildcat]

My apologies JD, I found another whopping $160 through the EITC for our hypothetical worker with a kid. They still owe about $1,000 in federal income tax.

What else am I missing?

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

teachers in my neck of the woods are not making $100k.

I thought you were in the Bay area?

yep

http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Teacher-Elementary-School-Salary-Details-Oakland-CA.aspx

http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Teacher-Elementary-School-Salary-Details-San-Francisco-CA.aspx

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html

That only shows that teachers are not making $100,000 in the bay area. Administrators are not teachers.

Santa Clara is in the bay area.

EDIT:  Also, the TEACHER'S chart is average salary, so You have to imagine that if the average is say $80,000, there must be many making over $100K

[Rage Against the McKee]

teachers in my neck of the woods are not making $100k.

I thought you were in the Bay area?

yep

http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Teacher-Elementary-School-Salary-Details-Oakland-CA.aspx

http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Teacher-Elementary-School-Salary-Details-San-Francisco-CA.aspx

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html

That only shows that teachers are not making $100,000 in the bay area. Administrators are not teachers.

Santa Clara is in the bay area.

Yeah, I didn't scroll down far enough. I just read the bold print at the top.

[michigancat]

teachers in my neck of the woods are not making $100k.

I thought you were in the Bay area?

yep

http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Teacher-Elementary-School-Salary-Details-Oakland-CA.aspx

http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Teacher-Elementary-School-Salary-Details-San-Francisco-CA.aspx

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/26/995141/see-how-well-your-school-district.html

That only shows that teachers are not making $100,000 in the bay area. Administrators are not teachers.

Santa Clara is in the bay area.

EDIT:  Also, the TEACHER'S chart is average salary, so You have to imagine that if the average is say $80,000, there must be many making over $100K

Yeah, while there are SOME teachers in the Bay area that make $100k/year, they are far from the norm, and concentrated mostly in Silicon Valley, which is not what I would consider my "neck of the woods".

But still, they exist. So really, we're both right.

[star seed 7]

my aunt is a teacher in the sacramento suburbs, and she makes less than 13/hr equivalent.

i don't know how this fits into anything