As a teacher , I thank you for your comment on better pay for teachers,and better education for our children I have long supported first responders as they are a critical neccesity in our community.I would especially like to say THANK YOU again because I understand to some degree what you are going through. After working for years without a raise we finally recieved a 3 percent raise which we quickly lost because it took two percent for operational costs, and of course we were taxed on the remaining