I do not think people should be paid to learn Torah. See the Gemara Taanit pg 7 side a where the verse is brought יערוף כמטר לקחי מלשון הריגה על הלומד תורה שלא לשמה שנעשית לו סם מוות [My teaching will flow like rain--from the same word root as to break a neck--to kill. That is my teaching will kill like rain. This refers to one whole learns Torah for the sake of making a living. The Torah become for him poison.]
But it is not that I am looking to be extra strict. Rather it seems to me that the mixture of Torah with money is what ruins it.
