Sunshine List
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Indeed they are. Again, I'm not suggesting that the work isn't honourable and the men/women doing it aren't as well, but, c'mon, enough is enough. That SCFD146 felt the need to call me an "ungrateful puke" for pointing out some very valid points, only speak to the sense of entitlement that have got us here.
I will never quibble about the money paid to an individual whose job description includes putting their life on the line for the sake of others. If only every first responder's shift were "under-worked", that would be a very good thing, yes? Sadly it's not the case, and what these people have to deal with in their lines of duty far eclipses anything us mere mortals do in our daily routines. So, hats off to scfd146 and your band of brothers and sisters.
As for indexing, it only makes sense. If the sunshine list had started in 1976, a comparable ceiling would have been approximately $55000 (indexed at 3% over 20 years this would reach $100000 in 1996). Now, if that's where they set the ceiling in 1976 and they didn't index it, how many of us today would be on a list that reports earnings over $55000? Doesn't make sense, does it? So, does $100000 1996 dollars make any more sense? No. FYI, at 3%, the new ceiling would be approx. $180000; at 2% approx. $150000.
Apples to apples indeed!
As for indexing, it only makes sense. If the sunshine list had started in 1976, a comparable ceiling would have been approximately $55000 (indexed at 3% over 20 years this would reach $100000 in 1996). Now, if that's where they set the ceiling in 1976 and they didn't index it, how many of us today would be on a list that reports earnings over $55000? Doesn't make sense, does it? So, does $100000 1996 dollars make any more sense? No. FYI, at 3%, the new ceiling would be approx. $180000; at 2% approx. $150000.
Apples to apples indeed!
Put an application in, mrexcite. Go ahead, let's see if you get hired. I highly doubt it.
If you indexed from when the list was first published in 1996 you come up with $154K so you're spot on.
No interest whatsoever. Just as I'm sure many of the fine men and women who are firefighters wouldn't be interested in my line of work. Which, by the way, requires applying analytical logic and asking tough questions. It's a characteristic that certain occupations - being paid on the public dime - don't like. Me thinks that may have something to do with the old adage "truth hurts."
I'm not taking issue with "First Responders" because that includes paramedics and police as well. Those two occupations are far different than firefighters. Nor do I doubt the honour of firefighting. I take serious issue with their level of compensation, how they got it (manipulating the arbitration system) and the work schedule that has given rise to firefighters taking second jobs.
It's a pretty simple logic: if you're "overworked", how can you possibly have time for a second job, or the schedule to perform it? It makes no sense. To me, that's the working definition of being "underworked", hence me using that term.
I can't argue this and have broached this subject with friends, the answer; Firefighters don't get paid for what they do in the station, they get paid for what they do on the street. They are merely an insurance policy for when something goes wrong. As far as working two jobs, I'm told many do so with a lack of sleep, as they get used to going without sleep.
