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Citizenkane,

You forgot that firefighters all have to sit down for 3 formal "thanksgiving type" meals per day. I wonder if they say grace and thank the taxpayer for all of the lavish bennies they have. But Citizenkane, I wonder this. What about the firefighters who have full time construction jobs when they are not dozing for dollars? Do they brown bag it? For example, the Warwick Fire Fighter that owns a painting company that has been awarded several state contracts erecting staging and painting, (for example the URI clock tower project), do you think that the firefighters that he employees without workers comp., brown bag their lunch when they are on the clock for him, or do they bring a stove and cook a 3 course meal? If they left the job and went shopping do you think the owner T.P. would be upset? Would he feel that they were taking advantage of him?

But another thing that I ponder is this: What happens if they twist their back climbing the staging with the painting materials at the URI clock tower or at Green Hall? Who pays for the medical costs of the injury that happened not on city time? Look in the mirror. We do. So because the Warwick Firefighter that does not pay into comp, and does not have liability insurance, and hires firefighters as subs, he gets to undercut all of the other legitimate companies by like 35%. Then when he gets hurt on his other job, he comes to work, sets the table, drops a fork, bends over to pick it up and OUCH!! MY BACK !! 2/3 disability tax free !!

So, citizenkane, please stop heckling these poor firefighters that are risking their lives daily running into high rise buildings and lifting 400lb ladies and carrying them through the burning buildings. They need to eat hearty.

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