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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Viper · M

Yes a lot of jobs are under appreciated, including 911 call centers and any job where they have to clean and sanitize after others.

NFL (football 🏈) players do have a salary cap limit as a team, not as individuals.

I'm assuming the traveling Nurse Cap is for so they don't get paid more than whomever they seem to be local everyday equivalent, so that the traveling Nurses aren't being paid more or that much more than that full time nurses. Though that's just an assumption on my part, and profit is surely another reason as well... but I assume Nurses have unions (I could be totally wrong about that) and I would think the Unions would negotiate whatever allowed and not let outsiders like traveling Nurses get paid too much more than the regular nurses. Though, I'm making a lot of assumptions which could be wrong.