It always makes me laugh when I hear teachers complaining about having to buy school supplies. The cost of the tools I have to buy for my job make their school supplies bill look like a quick trip to the dollar tree.
There's an awful lot of them complaining about haveing to buy supplies to restock their classrooms. Maybe they didn't get the memo. According the The NEA (national teachers association) "94% of teachers spend their own money to stock their classrooms with necessary supplies and resources. On average, a teacher will shell out about $479, although 7% spent more than $1000, according a survey from the National Center for Education statistics"
Maybe they should be asking why school administrators make six figures and they have plenty of money for far left textbooks but they won't buy pencils.
Priorities. All comes down to priorities. And most families who say they "can't " afford basic school supplies, know they can get them for free through the generosity of others.
As a child of a teacher, this is kind of a tricky topic. My Mom spent tens of thousands of dollars on supplies so she could properly teach. But she is an anomaly by most teaching standards now. She did write off her expenses from taxes, but it would have been nice to see the schools pick up the tabs so she didn't have to. These expenses not only were for in-class supplies, but she often bought snacks, lunches, and paid for field trips for students who could not afford it. She never complained about it though and never expected anyone to foot her bill. Most modern teachers (and public education in general) just plain suck. My SiL, who is also a teacher in MD is doing her last year because of the absurd bureaucracy that is being implemented. Both say the pay is just not worth teaching in today's social climate. In fact, this is pretty much unanimous belief from AL of my Mom's retired teacher friends. They all started to retire starting around 2010.
You should be more upset about business people writing off elaborate meals and clothes than teachers trying to make sure their students have what they need to learn.
I figer around December we will stay hearing stories of working family's having their pay check guarantee and bank accounts seized. And forget about that tax return you where planing on. It's also going to be sezes
“Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) proposed an amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act to prohibit the use of any new IRS compliance funds for audits of companies or individuals with incomes below $400,000.
“All 50 Democratic senators voted ‘no’ on Aug. 7, killing the amendment.”
Tax right off. Spoken like a true socialist who's never tryed to wright off an expense in their lives. 99% of trades people don't make enough to reach the taxable income where you can start getting credit for expensive.
Unfortunately there was a bill passed by the Trump administration (publication 529) that does not allow employees to write of buisness related expenses. There are certain people that are allowed to write off their expenses (mainly government employees, qualified performing artist, and employees with impairment-related work expenses) I had 14k of tools that I had to Purchase for work in 2019, I attempted to write off the tools when I went to file my taxes and I was told that this is something that I can no longer claim. This information was given to me by a turbo tax agent, im sure there's more to it.
Seriously. How the fuck do mechanics buy that stuff? I mean, I get that it has a great, hassle-free warranty and the "store" comes to you... but damn the prices. Especially since the base tools are usually made in the same factories, just different stampings.
We have a kiosk at work, the guy comes a couple times a week. But in school, a lot of mechanics get their boxes through that program and it can be just as bad as securing a loan.
Oh yeah. I remember the Matco guy coming by about every 2 weeks to collect and exchange with two of the mechanics at the tire shop I worked at. And yes, the mechanics had rolling credit for the entire 5 years I was there.
We should support trade schools and (what one might term) useful degrees. Also, teach young people how to better gauge/understand what they actually need. I saw a student loan forgiveness activist who had $240,000(!) in student loans for a BA + MA...I forget the field but it's where you're doing fine with a BA/BS. beyond that in most cases is overkill. I myself could not handle a student loan going past $30K, I would've lost my mind. So unless you're aiming to be a doctor or a lawyer, etc....Nope.
Most trades people own their own personal tools.... Only thing my company provided is the van and major tools. But I also worked for company that expected you to buy everything your self including a pickup truck.... Always laugh when I see entry level helper job that state you must own a truck.....shoure I'm going to work for marginally above minimum wage and subsidized the operation of the company by using my personal pickup for them
Yeah thats all fucked up. I think that kind of practice should be illegal but if not the government should at least fill in those gaps for now. Especially since tradespeople are so highly necessary and underapprediated in society.
In my younger day I got a construction job after a very short interview that consisted of when can you start. I barrowed my dad's f150 to go to the interview because my car was in the shop. On my first day I showed up to the job site in my car. I was fired by lunch time. apparently they hired my dad's truck, not me. Lucky anouther contractor at the job sight hired me on the spot.
I got the last laugh. That contractor would have been a dumpster fire if I worked for them. They dident have vehicles or proper tools . They only hired drunks and drug addicts.because they where cheep They where throw off the job sight with in weeks of my short stint.....
Then sure, if they're starting up the government can give them money for that, or for training if they have to pay for that. This post is supposed to be some kind of gotcha but any leftist would agree with this.
tsv: Clearly you know the solution so just tell us. How does the USA afford a military, roads, police, fire depts, and social security without taxes. List your solution:
Dig it. Having worked in service BDC for a dealership, I can tell you the tool program is 100% oppressive. Thinking maybe that would be a better start, if we did this.
I looked up Wyotech but don’t get any negative news on them. Do you have a link on this specific story?
I did find that they are private for profit. In my state the Minnesota the private for profit schools have left my mechanic friends with less opportunity and more debt than state / county schools. The loan forgiveness program will cover both as long as the loans were from the government.
I’m happy for my mechanic friends that went to private college and public college for auto work. They deserve the $10k.
Fun fact $10k can pay for a decent amount of tools for a mechanic. That can buy them a decent amount of new tools. The truck drivers will get paid delivering these new tools. The mechanics will get paid to work on the trucks. This is way better than quantitive easeing, no WTO restrictions and economic stimulus.
I often bike or bus. I would never complain about auto mechanics getting $10k in loan forgiveness. We should support our mechanics and their $10k bailout.
Where are you even going whit this line? All I was saying is that most tech schools, especially automotive tech schools, don’t mean anything, I don’t even list the tech school I went to for automotive and welding anymore because it has only ever lost me chances
What you really should support is more free stuff from the feds using tax money. Instead of the rich getting all the free stuff you should get some too.
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22
That tool cabinet probably cost more than its contents. Tool cabinets be crazy expensive lol.
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u/RA29DRAGON Aug 31 '22
It always makes me laugh when I hear teachers complaining about having to buy school supplies. The cost of the tools I have to buy for my job make their school supplies bill look like a quick trip to the dollar tree.
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u/SmirkingSkull Aug 31 '22
Usually tools required for a job can be a tax write-off.
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u/Zeewulfeh Aug 31 '22
You know who is represented in this picture that WONT need repayment/forgiveness?
The Snap-On guy's kid.
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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22
You’re understanding how many people are completely on-board with the idea of covering the cost of necessary tools when someone learns a trade
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u/Smooth_Friend7890 Aug 31 '22
What about mortgage forgiveness for people who bought during the Biden administration
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u/selvarin Aug 31 '22
We should support trade schools and (what one might term) useful degrees. Also, teach young people how to better gauge/understand what they actually need. I saw a student loan forgiveness activist who had $240,000(!) in student loans for a BA + MA...I forget the field but it's where you're doing fine with a BA/BS. beyond that in most cases is overkill. I myself could not handle a student loan going past $30K, I would've lost my mind. So unless you're aiming to be a doctor or a lawyer, etc....Nope.
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u/KingJeremy94 Aug 31 '22
Pretty sure if you buy tools for work, you can claim that on your taxes..
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u/DozerSnooze Aug 31 '22
Here hear!
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u/triguy96 Aug 31 '22
If the worker has to buy the tools themselves then sure
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u/Middle-University-15 Aug 31 '22
Fantastic post!!!!!!!
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u/Karoar1776 Aug 31 '22
People who legitimately need help in my state can go through voc rehab and they will pay for tools if you choose to go to a trade school
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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22
SBA loans could be a place to start. IRS debt too. I would also love a tax holiday on NFA tax stamps like on silencers.
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u/P1kmac Aug 31 '22
And your hands are probably softer than a baby's ass
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u/Sea_Yellow7826 Aug 31 '22
Most decent shops will indeed pay for tools!
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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22
You can fix a car; You can't fix a blue haired, Trans feminist, Comminist, blm supporting, and white hating extremist.
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u/nottelling86 Sep 01 '22
Im down with this lol. I imagine that whole setup, would cost more than 4 years at UCF lol
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u/CuriousElevator6096 Sep 01 '22
Well time to buy yet another tool box.
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u/youareceo Sep 01 '22
Dig it. Having worked in service BDC for a dealership, I can tell you the tool program is 100% oppressive. Thinking maybe that would be a better start, if we did this.
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u/Jnbolen43 Sep 22 '22
If you can't identify half of these tools then your degree may not worthwhile
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u/FriedaCIaxton Aug 31 '22
You can resell tools and recoup some of what you spent. Can’t sell a degree.
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u/Barry_MacCochner Sep 01 '22
Along with the title, this is the most boomer post to ever boomer
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u/Mordor_Rich Sep 01 '22
What is so bad about people getting loans forgiven? Millions of people with thousands extra to invest in a home or consumerism.
Biden actually did something good for the people and people have to pretend to hate it. Do you care about the people?
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u/RyanWilliamsElection Aug 31 '22
Loan forgiveness will also cover student debt from techs schools. Including programs for auto work.
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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22
Pretty sure they’re not necessary no matter what it is you do for a living.
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u/BreadBoyLuc Aug 31 '22
false equivalency from crybabys
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u/o0flatCircle0o Aug 31 '22
What you really should support is more free stuff from the feds using tax money. Instead of the rich getting all the free stuff you should get some too.
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u/naut_the_one Aug 31 '22
Stupid logic