Why does it seem like some people choose to miss the point for the sake of arguing?

I remembered a conversation I once had. I had reposted a statement about a pay cap for traveling nurses and how it’s ironic since we don’t pay cap football players who make millions.

The reason I reposted that is because I think it’s ridiculous to pay cap anyone.

But all I got were comments about how “fOoTbAlL pLaYeRs EaRn ThEiR mOnEy”

And nurses don’t?

I’m fine with a football player getting rich.

My issue is deciding that the profits a nurse can make from their skills and labor should be limited.

Nurses have a very valuable job and I don’t think it’s wrong to compensate them more for their efforts. I could never be a nurse, so I respect that they are willing to deal with everyone’s BS to save/enrich lives.

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SooperSarah

My roommate is a nurse. The reasoning behind this pay cap, which she doesn't support, was hospitals losing staff when they needed it most. The hospital she works at had 200 open nursing positions at one point. People were leaving in decent numbers to do travel nursing because of the higher pay. This left hospitals short staffed with no option but to bring in crazy expensive travel nurses. These nurses still needed training on company systems and could leave whenever they felt like it, leaving hopsitals to start over with someone new.
Now there's a lot of whining because these contracts are being canceled by the hospitals and the nurses aren't making the obscene money they've become accustomed to.