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metatron207 t1_jde9t1i wrote

Reply to comment by Yourbubblestink in Maine has the lowest student/teacher ratio in the United States (11:1) by IrwinRSchyster1

>there’s a tax deduction that allows teachers to get extra money back for anything they put in Out of their own pockets beyond what the school has budgeted for

Your whole comment is trash but I had to highlight this part, it made me giggle. Deductions don't change your tax liability directly (that's credits), they change your taxable income. You need a big change to have any impact. The educator expense deduction tops out at $300, and unless a teacher has a bunch of other deductions, they're probably not itemizing anyway -- which makes this deduction 100% worthless for those educators.

The idea that a $300 deduction, which only exists because your fellow citizens refuse to fund education well enough that you don't have to spend your own money on supplies, is somehow this game-changing perk in favor of teachers is hilarious.

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Yourbubblestink t1_jdeero0 wrote

Education is funded. Teachers buy extra stuff because they have the money available to them.

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keanenottheband t1_jdejal9 wrote

I hope you're a troll. Absolutely shocking idiocy. Come into a public school for a week and sub. You need a reality check

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metatron207 t1_jdem3yg wrote

Okay, you're just trolling, got it. That makes the above slightly less funny, because it may not be an earnest belief, but it's still pretty good regardless.

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