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Originally posted by CDSmith
I know they are all essencial services basically... but it is still weird when you think about it.....
A nurse -- get's started out at say, $40k per year. She saves lives, and when dealing with certain diseases that make their way into the hospitals, she certainly does risk her life at times.
Ambulance EMT -- get's started off at $40k as well, or close to it. EMT's definitely risk their lives daily, and they save lives.
Cop -- $40k to start, highest risk of all, and they often save lives.
MAILMAN -- Makes about the same as above, walks down a series of streets dropping envelopes into mailboxes. Has to face down the odd dog. Oh my.
If you had to choose one of the above jobs to do from now on, starting tomorrow, I would bet that most people would choose the job of mailman. If they were to contract out their jobs, there are 1000's of people who would walk a mail route for $15 per hour rather than $25+
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The service is still essential.
IMHO, I think instead of lowering a postal workers pay, we should be talking about raising pay for cops, nurses etc....lord knows they do deserve it for all the crap they have to deal with....
But know what? Nurses and cops COST money to the gov.....it's all about making money...sad eh?