Well, I still haven't heard anyone define "liberal", but I sure don't think it means a person who advocates community rather than individual ownership of the means of production and distribution, which is what the word socialist means.

I doubt that many people would claim that teachers AREN'T underpaid in most places, and can you imagine the impact on that situation if our tax money that was just spent for this chickenfeed rebate/refund/advance credit went for making a start on that instead? I used to live in a place (Steilacoom, WA) where state funds (i,e, taxes)went only for "basic education", and elections were held every year for a special tax levy to determine if the music teacher and the librarian would be kept on for a while longer. Funny, but the football coach somehow got paid out of that "basic education" fund.