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Originally Posted by robaur
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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to me this illustrates a couple of the failings in our system. Firstly, why is it that when pay cuts or hiring freezes or heaven forbid layoffs are mentioned it goes right to the frontline worker? Surely there are other layers of the system in each case where money could be saved that doesn't involve cutting teaching positions or nurses?
Second, its sad that the conversation goes from money to immediately having respect for those positions. I don't think anyone disrespects those people or anything like that. Its got nothing to do with saying that nurses or teachers need a pay cut because we don't like them. Its a case of "we have this much money to spend" to deliver these services and how can that be accomplished?