Quote Originally Posted by RGA View Post
No Cost of living increase is a pay-cut. A pay cut makes the economy worse. A cost of living increase is basically "not a pay cut."

Folks - this is first year logic.
I generally appreciate anyone's attempt at being snide but your logic is operating in a vacuum.

You're seemingly arguing that "X" amount of dollars in the hands of the 65,000 teachers of British Columbia will be spent better than that same "X" value of dollars in the hands of BC's 4.7 million population---when, in fact, it's most likely that the same "X" dollars would have been invested in consumer goods and services, albeit different ones.

You're going to have a difficult time getting anyone above Grade 4 in either of our countries to believe that 1 dollar in the hands of an individual has a greater value (potential purchasing power value) than 1 dollar in the hands of a different individual.

Your argument was, and should remain, that teachers provide an invaluable service and face ever increasingly difficult obstacles and a pay increase is based on merit. You can't play economic shell games and expect the taxpayer to come off the paper