Should Professional Nurses Be Paid?

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Last year, Lebron James gained about a lifetime worth of money on the scale of an average nurse’s salary in a year. Professional athletes are making a ton more money than people who have difficult or life-saving jobs. In addition, nurses and doctors who save lives, teachers who educate us, and the president who makes difficult choices for the good of our country, don’t make half as much money as skilled athletes who play sports. Are they any less talented? Consider how much an average family makes in a year, which is fifty-two thousand dollars, and now search up how much an average professional athlete makes in a year. Now think about this: how many years will it take a family to earn as much as Lebron James makes on average in a year? The amount of cash is despicably large. It is more than enough for a family to use. Even more than enough for anyone to use. Imagine a world without teachers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, presidents, and the police. The option is endless, because public services are endless. Furthermore, each compassionate job is beneficial, and without those positions, our world will be full of sick, uneducated, and uncivilized people. Now let's weigh a scale. Which would be more beneficial to the world: entertainment or health, education, and safety? …show more content…

Think of professional surgeons who save thousands of lives through complicated medical treatment and now compare them to professional athletes. Surprisingly, the pro athletes make more money. However, do they deserve that much? Surgeons have a much higher risk job than athletes, because they must be nimble and careful with their work. The results of lacking carefulness in a surgeon could be a life and death matter, but what about athletes? An athlete plays how their spectators want them to play, which is how they keep their viewers

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