> > Everybody is saying that those fire fighters in New York are heros. No question about it. I saw video of one of them climbing down through a mass of twisted steel looking for survivors. Others are in the hospital, or dead. They seem to have the stuff that heros are made of. Not just a few of them, and it's not just in New York, either. Fire fighters everywhere are a special breed. I just hope somebody will remember that the next time they negotiate a contract. Maybe they can include more than a 2% raise.
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> Nononono! We don't want to soften firefighters by giving them what they deserve! That would let all kinds of non-heroic people into the force. It's the same with the police.
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> Seriously, it really seems as if people on the public coffers around the world think like that. Do you know anywhere where a firefighter, a police officer or a nurse are payed in reflection of their responsibility?
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> julian

May I add teachers to that list?
Howard