Dems want to scrap tax cut for rich to fund teachers’ raises

Dems want to scrap tax cut for rich to fund teachers’ raises

Dems want to scrap tax cut for rich to fund teachers' raises

Responding to teacher walkouts across the country, congressional Democrats on Tuesday proposed raising teachers’ salaries by canceling the tax cut for the nation’s top 1 percent of earners. At a congressional hearing Tuesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos agreed that teachers are underpaid, but offered few concrete suggestions to boost their income. “Teachers of America, we Democrats hear you loud and clear,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a news conference.

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