[randog]

We obviously need to pay them more so they'll care more.

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[Yorlik803]

I used to Volunteer for a EMS. It was good work and very educational as well as rewarding. And yes, we got paid nothing for the work.
Volunteerism is dying since families have to work two jobs to make ends meet and pay Taxes. If you live in a boro that has a Volunteer EMS or Fire Dept, Remember that they are giving up their free time to help others.
PS...Most of the Volunteer EMTS and Paramedics I worked with were Conservative, same with members of the Fire Depts we worked with. Funny how the left has time to save the whales but refrain from helping their fellow man in time of need.

[tet68]

Take a look at the pay scale of EMTs in what ever state
you live in, you might be horrified to know that your emergency provider is just above minimum wage, I had a friend who was an EMT in Alabama his pay was around ten
or twelve dollars an hour, I made more as a welder than he did, yet the lives of people were in his hands every day.
My friend was a highly skilled practioner but some of the people he had to work with.....

One can only imagine how things would be under socialized medicine!