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On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:50:17 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> sf > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:04:54 -0500, Dave Smith
>
> >> I don't know how much you get paid. It changes from one area to another.
> >> Around here nurses are quite well paid, and I know several Canadian
> >> trained nurses who are working in the US and making good money. FWIW, I
> >> have a SiL who is a psychiatric nurse and I am under the impression that
> >> her annual salary is in the $70-80,000 range.
>
> >Why is that supposed to be considered a windfall if she has years of
> >experience? That's what pushers with similar qualifications at the
> >supervisory level make (RNs are supervisors too) and you're begrudging
> >that salary to her? Why, because she's female?
>
> David said "well paid" not "windfall".

I was exaggerating for the purpose of making my point.
>
> Median household income in the U.S. is still around $51K.
>
I will grant you that and those below the median don't meet the
standards needed to be a nurse. I was saying that the qualifications
to be a nurse are above the median; so therefore the salary they
command should be above the median too.

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