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Originally Posted by Gargamel
So unless they start paying the EMS community $30-$40 an hour if these idiots get $15, I will be mightily inclined to start fire bombing fast food joints. And then I'll move to the Netherlands, they seem like they have their act together a bit more than we do.
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According to payscale.com, a UK paramedic gets a median of £25k/year, which basing that on a 37.5 hour work week (they should be so lucky), works out around £12.82/hr, which translates into $19.85. So honestly, a pay-rise to EMTs to between $25-30 an hour would make sense in my opinion, likewise to other front-line forces (police and fire).
The problem is, short of direct governmental intervention in the economic markets, it
is a vicious cycle. Companies will raise their prices if they have to raise their wages, which means that the cost of living will go up which means they'll have to raise their wages again. It is one of the fatal flaws in the capitalist system, you are always running to stand still.