[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by fw102807

I am very disturbed by the opposition to pay increases to the firefighters. People see nothing wrong with paying some fool who can throw a ball around millions of dollars but do not want to pay someone who may save their life.
How much money do you waste on designer items or tickets to sporting events or even expensive cars but you refuse to pay a few more dollars to pay the first responders? The people who come day and night when you have a medical emergency or are in an accident, or set your house on fire or have to respond to a shooting or bombing. Really people?

I understand (have been told) that the Sumter firefighters are underpaid but have no idea what their salary range is.
It would be helpful to know this.

Perhaps those who might be opposed to giving them a raise is from previous knowledge of firefighters' salaries in the area where they lived prior to moving to TV???
I don't really know; I'm just playing devil's advocate.

I can cite one example where the masses were upset with the firefighters union.
The firefighters could retire after 20 years.
So possibly at 40 years old, they could get another job (no problem with that),
but at retirement age, they would collect about $80,000 a year from their pension.
There was a special tax every year which residents had to pay for that purpose (the pension).
There were many people who were very unhappy about this.