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People always talk about federal grants like they are 'free' money. Federal grants ARE taxpayer money (just from a broader base). And yes, people can say that those in the teaching profession or law enforcement professsion 'chose' that job. So if the pay sucks....they knew that coming in right?? The REALITY is that if we don't pay better...we will continue to lose people. Good, trained people. If they gave all these people a $5,000 raise......it might stop the revolving door of hiring people that costs a lot more then that.
People always talk about federal grants like they are 'free' money. Federal grants ARE taxpayer money (just from a broader base). And yes, people can say that those in the teaching profession or law enforcement professsion 'chose' that job. So if the pay sucks....they knew that coming in right?? The REALITY is that if we don't pay better...we will continue to lose people. Good, trained people. If they gave all these people a $5,000 raise......it might stop the revolving door of hiring people that costs a lot more then that.