Well if you don't mind paying like 80% taxes I'm sure they could provide enough police to cover every garden.
if they paid cops the same amount as teachers, instead of 2x more, then couldn't they hire twice as many cops
The cops have a more demanding job, IMO. You're comparing apples to oranges, or more precisely, cops to teachers.
I'm sure the top ranked professors aren't complaining about making less than cops.
professor is not a teacher, i'm talking public school
teachers need a college degree, any idiot can be a cop. That alone makes teaching more difficult.
Do you really think being a teacher isn't as demanding as being a cop? Maybe it's not anymore, and that's the problem. Teachers should be working harder , and making more money than the cops, not vice versa. But teachers aren't even allowed to teach, just coach kids to get high test scores, so no wonder you don't want to pay them much.
that's why we have so many homegrown criminals but are importing people to fill tech jobs and hospital staffs