Garbage men in NYC can make 100k. So what. Teachers probably should make more than any other public employee, with perhaps exceptions for police and firefighters.
Click on the last link in the article I posted and tell me whether teachers are worth $100K. Firemen and policemen risk their lives so that ought to be worth something. If garbage men did their jobs as well as teachers do, there would be pestilence sweeping NYC so they deserve what they get too (especially those who work the dangersous neighborhoods). Sorry, there is documented proof everywhere you look that teachers aren't doing their jobs and are not worth the salaries they are being paid. Go ahead - click on that last link, read it and weep.