talltex wrote:I'd rephrase the above statement to apply to anyone: A person working as __(insert any occupation)__ has only a certain number of hours available for additional employment. If, at the prevailing market rate for that job, he/she can't make enough during those hours, combined with his regular salary, to make ends meet, then he shouldn't take THAT job.
So true. Some of the talking points in this debate remind me of the "Occupy" protestors' entitlement mentality.
talltex wrote:The complaint being made is not that a part time officer can't go out and get another part time job...it's that he can't go out and get a part time job that pays 2-3 times more than he's making on his regular job. That's not an injustice. That's pretty much a universal situation for everyone else in any other occupation.
