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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
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> May I add teachers to that list?
> Howard


You betcha! Even if these (and the nurses) move us away from the give-their-lives-to-save-us type of heroes ...

julian