Teachers voted it so

Teacher pay is falling. Their health insurance costs are rising.

Teachers were a primary driver of government involvement in medicine, and knew that their votes would have ramifications.

After we published our database showing the falling or stagnant pay of teachers, we received hundreds of responses from teachers who detailed their experiences. And one common topic that emerged was an underreported factor in the rise of teacher discontent: Yes, their salaries have been stagnating, even declining, but that’s been exacerbated by the increase in health insurance premiums.

Teachers complain that so called educated teachers have no ability to economically judge their own voting pattern.  They are not striking, they are firing themselves for stupidity.