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...MBTA riders pay one of the lowest fares in the country. Most subway system charge well more than a dollar; in Philadelphia, the fare is nearly double Boston's, at $1.60. Still, there are good reasons to oppose the fare hike, and while it's painful to agree with the governor, in this case...
...appropriate that the cost of the system be shared by everyone who benefits from it, and not just those who ride. The extra 15 cents would not hurt, but the precedent that the system should pay for itself would. Other parts of the bill, including a provision that would more fairly charge the towns that benefit from the MBTA for service, should be adopted. The fare hike, though, should not. The legislature must make it clear that the burden of supporting public transportation does not fall on the backs of riders...
Second, calls for higher salaries for teachers are often met by claims that teachers' salaries are adequate because teachers do not work as much as other professionals. Third, an increase in teachers' salaries would necessarily mean an increase in taxes that the people are simply unwilling to pay. Such fears and arguments have largely prevented teachers from speaking out in favor of higher salaries, but this does not mean the argument in favor of raising teachers' salaries should be abandoned; rather, it should be revitalized...
Societal respect, although important, only goes so far. Money goes further. I have often told other Harvard students about my volunteer teaching endeavors or my desire to become a public school teacher, and received the response of: "Gee, I'd love to teach but I have to pay off my student loans," or, perhaps more bluntly: "Yeah, I'd like to teach, but I actually want to make some money." When it costs over $32,000 per year to go to Harvard, the average starting salary of a teacher in Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree...
Latzanakis is quite hopeful that the changes will pay...