If your idea of a solution is giving teachers, nurses etc a pay cut....you really couldn't be more off-base.
A teacher or nurse's demand does not change whether the economy is in a boom or in a bust. It's a steady career that pays quite a rather narrow range of salary over the span of a career. whats the max a teacher can make? Top out at $110K?
That's the reward you get for choosing that profession. your upside is limited but your floor salary is pretty good as well.
Whereas an O&G job might be making you $300K a year in the good times but you have the risk of being laid off when things go south.....
so please don't drag teachers and nurses into this and suggest that they need a pay cut. I have nothing but immense respect for both professions. They're both integral to our society and deserve every penny that they get.
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