The U.S. Can't Find Enough Firefighters to Work Low-Paying Jobs

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Would you put your life on the line to fight historic, raging wildfires for just $15 to $18 an hour? The U.S. government is finding out the answer to that question the hard way.

With record wildfires blazing across the country, the U.S. Forest Service is struggling to find enough able-bodied people to contain the flames. At-risk are millions of acres of land and potentially billions of dollars in economic activity.

Source Fool.com