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"We can’t afford to have children:" low pay and a high-pressure environment drive exodus of US wildfire fighters (www.theguardian.com)
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A temporary but vital firefighter pay bump, implemented as part of US president Joe Biden’s 2021 infrastructure bill, will expire at the end of September. Without it, firefighters say the US risks exacerbating a crisis of burnout and retention at a time when fires are becoming bigger, more dangerous and harder to control.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly what jobs can afford to have children. You have to be doing pretty well to have them without public assitance nowadays.