I can’t wait for some form of minimum wage adjustment, cause I know I’m quitting my manual labor job immediately to go work at a Sheetz for $15hr/$20hr. We know dang well the other industries won’t adjust their pay in accordance, so inevitably there will be a larger shortage of not only teachers, but workers in fields across the board. I know my one buddy, who teaches US Government/Social-Studies here in PA, is bidding his time for an incremental wage increase across Pennsylvania so that he can leave his under-paid and under-appreciated job as an educator.

Can’t believe they gave these dudes a minimum wage of $15hr but the private sector gets rammed by corporations looking to keep the market low for profit margins.

It’s a matter that needs dealt with, that’s for sure. I don’t mind writing a bunch of exemption stickers for brand new automobiles, but when I have to run a smog test on a 2021-whatever with 5,001 miles on the odometer, every day, it gets annoying. I try to eliminate unnecessary travel on our concrete floors, but the PAS computer is far enough away to become taxing in the constant back-and-forth tasks involved.