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Just a couple of thoughts about last weeks reading...
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 "I think it was to save the government and the airline industry from crushing liability"
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 I think the fund was set up generally to curb mass tort litigation given the amount of damage, number of people and the rare level of visibility. There isn't much high profile discussion of all the various mid-to-low level people that are entrenched in litigation at the moment.
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 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57209-2004Nov17.html

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Sadly (and frustrating to say), firefighters' meager salaries would make most people gasp. It's a shame, but given the income range and the fact that firefighters often retire at a younger-than-average age (the standard government retirement plan of which I'm aware starts at age 55), the average firefighter's income projected out over a lifetime isn't much. Speaking of doing good for the community -- maybe my experience in Indiana is unrepresentative of nation-wide statistics, but public servants like firefighters and police officers could use a salary boost.

-- BarbPitman - 20 Apr 2008

 
 
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