Where are all the workers? There's still a mortgage or rent to pay, utilities and cell phone bills-probably also a car payment to make. How is everyone doing it if they aren't working? I haven't seen the news that 5,000 winners of the Power Ball Jackpot were splitting the pot in West Texas. How do you pay your bills if unemployment and assistance don't last forever, even WITH the pandemic still a thing? Inquiring minds want to know...
According to a recent report by the Houston Chronicle, the highest-paid employees at a Texas state agency are the ones who work for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, mostly. Now, as boring as that may sound to some people, we're talking about Texas jobs paying as much as $400K a year, here.