I asked a teacher in Brisbane if she thinks teachers pay too much tax. She said the problem isn’t just the tax — it’s that teachers spend so much of their own money on classroom resources and don’t get much of it back in their refunds. She laughed and said she’s probably spent close to $10,000 on things like lollies, crayons, and supplies for science experiments. While you can claim some of it on tax, she said it never covers what teachers actually spend. Her attitude was positive though. She sa