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BocaHoo91

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I think it's silly to be outraged by it, but your post is pretty ridiculous


too. If it were privatized, they'd be making $15 / hour and would be easily replaced by the next barely qualified person waiting in line. I'm not questioning whether lifeguards provide a valuable function or arguing that all they do is sit around and work on their tan all day, but you're not seriously arguing $200K+ is a "reasonable" salary for a lifeguard because they provide a valuable function. Police, fireman, teachers, and hell garbage collectors all provide a valuable function and make FAR less than that. Not because they're not valuable, but because you don't need to pay $200K+ to attract people to those professions. You can't convince me you couldn't find an abundance of qualified lifeguards for half that price.

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Posted: 05/14/2021 at 1:17PM



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