This is embarrassing.
A salary is compensation for work. A bonus is a reward.
For four years, South Carolina's electeds have frozen -- withheld -- restricted -- effectively cut educators' salaries. Educators went on working, prices went on rising, cost of living went on growing, so the real value of educators' pay went on shrinking.
Now, despite South Carolina's uber-regressive tax policies
A salary is compensation for work. A bonus is a reward.
For four years, South Carolina's electeds have frozen -- withheld -- restricted -- effectively cut educators' salaries. Educators went on working, prices went on rising, cost of living went on growing, so the real value of educators' pay went on shrinking.
Now, despite South Carolina's uber-regressive tax policies