Not sure where you live but in most of the USA teachers starting salary is less than $25/yr. Only with a PhD and 15 years service do our districts' teachers reach $80K/yr. Most people with Doctorates are getting about 3 times that. Education is one of the best bargains going. Do you whine that your M.D. is making over $300K per year? Yeah, health is important but how many doctors (or anything else) would there be if you had no elementary and high schools.