This issue continues to fucking piss me off.
Im currently going through the selection process of becoming a Firefighter, its all i have ever wanted to do, and i dont give a shit about the pay, its about job satisfcation in my opinion.
However, having been shown videos of stuff that Firefighters have to see and put up with, i would say they deserve a pay rise. They've said that they will except 20% as a benchmark, but 11% takes the piss when you think there will be inflation etc...it works out to be around a 4% pay rise.
Teachers dont deserve a pay rise, they get paid enough for the job they do. As for Police, they get paid enough too in my opinion, but of course, everybody wants more money. My Dad is a Policeman and he thinks the Fire Brigade are fully justified for their strike, and if the Government werent such wankers, they wouldnt have to go on strike in the First place. Of course, the NHS and such like needs more money pumped into it aswell.
The Firefighters i know, have all said they arent doing this just for themselves, they want to show other under-paid services, such as nurses and such like, that if they deserve more money, then they have to show the government. I dont think this country has realised how needy Firefighters are until this strike occured.
The reason the Wholetime Firefighters want a pay rise, is because they cant afford to live in the cities where they work, with house prices on the rise all the time, on the wage they're on. And they dont get free accomadation either! About the only thing they do get free, is their Uniform and equipment.
And if they cant afford to live in the cities (where all the Full Time Fire Stations are...) then they have to live elsewhere, which then means they have to travel to get to their stations which then in turn means they dont have alot of time on ther hands to do moonlighting jobs. And why should they spend their rest days working anyway? They've just spent 4 days saving peoples lives etc...surely they deserve 4 days off? The Pigs get rest days, so why shouldnt the Fire Service.
Its time for the Government to take their fingers out, stop wasting money on pointless wars which acheive nothing and only satisfy the hunger for war that President Bush has, Pull the troops out of Nothern Ireland and let the Irish kill each other if thats what they want, stop giving themselves pay rises which they dont fucking need, stop wasting the tax payers money on stuff like, as Neo said, two Jaguars and country houses and pointless wasteful trips to the US twice a week; Let the fucking yankee tosser come over here for an ass-reaming if thats what he wants.
Why do the MP's need more money? All they do is argue and indulge in homosexual acts or lie through their teeth and even go to prison! They're not the ones who pick up the remains of families off of the road after a large Road Accident, or the ones who risk their own lives to preserve others. Even in the event of a war the Government and Royal Family would all be tucked up cosy and warm in some underground nuclear bunker, while we get frazzled. Infact, the Ryal family do absolutely FUCK all for this country, apart from a few shitty speeches every year, and they have lots of money. Take it from them to give to the Firefighters and other public services.
Perhaps we should set fire to Blair and his Ugly Wife, see if they think the job of the public services is important then. TWATS!
The problem all boils down to the Government having their priorities wrong.
Put the UKTA in power, that will sort it all!! House of Commons and other Royal Palaces and Stately homes will all become a place of clubs, drugs, parties and trance music.
Apologies for the gabbling about bullshit, just this subject really gets me going. The day i meet Blair, he's gonna get a peice of my mind.
Josh.
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Im here to tear down everything around you, and you know what i'm going to replace you with?...Something new...God...The world of God! So take your bread, and give it to the poor. What difference does it matter what you own? You have Gold and Silver, It's going to rot! And that rot is going to eat away your heart. All of you, there will be a flood and there will be a fire. Everything will be destroyed, but there will be a new arc, riding on that fire. And I hold the key, And I open the door and I decide who goes in, and who doesnt!
Last edited by Choon Spinner on Nov-18-2002 at 18:25
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..but they want more?!
