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I don't see what the average compensation for the most expensive city in Wisconsin is supposed to indicate, by itself. Without comparing to what similar qualified people make in that area, that number is meaningless and yet another red herring that might incite but is irrelevant.
Median income in Milwaukee is over 60k (trying to use the 2000 census data without adjusting for inflation is nothing short of dishonest). This in a city where only about 30% have college degrees. And if the average salary there is 56k for teachers, the median salary is likely much less. So the teacher in Milwaukee is still making less than the average college graduate there in terms of salary. In terms of compensation I don't know.
In any case, this is a digression. As already stated the teachers have already accepted the cuts. The whole thing is about a lot more than that. This whole attempt to paint the teachers as some sort of maharajahs living at the expense of the poor working class folk is an attempt to incite the base, without much substance behind it.
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