Where's the Money Comin' From

There is no question that we all want the best teachers and should be willing compensate them based on their complishments our ability to pay for it. We all think we deserve more and good teachers probably do. However, we can not continue to educate our children only to see them leave the state and apply the education they received at tax payer expense to the tax base of another state. If teachers are to do better, then we must find ways to grow the state’s economy because there simply are too few places to turn for the money needed to improve our schools or compensation for teachers.

We have to create jobs for our kids to keep them here. To do that, changes are needed in many areas to attract employers. The only long term answer is to grow revenue and opportunity for our kids. If we choose instead to continue what we have been doing, raising taxes on the people and employer’s who stayed in WV, then some of them will leave and soon we will have no one but the teachers left to pay tax.

West Virginia is great place to get an education, but you can’t get a job here. The diminishing return that results is what our teachers suffer from. The people of West Virginia and the companies that employ us have done their part. Now, it is time for politician to do theirs. More taxes, bond and debt are not the answer, more opportunity is.