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by ethbr1 339 days ago
The person you replied to said

>> Caregiving is an amazing opportunity. It is life-changing for the person receiving the care. It is fulfilling and soul-affirming for the person delivering the care.

That the market doesn't pay well for the work is immaterial to its value.

If you're agreeing to everything they said, and only disagreeing that it pays well: yes.

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You're changing the subject, the point of contention was whether it's "an amazing opportunity", not whether the work is valuable.
You’re defining opportunity in strictly monetary terms?
Yes? That's what makes something a broadly recognized "good opportunity" in our current economic system that you can base public policy around. Everything else is just variable personal preference.

People don't leave their home countries and entire lives behind because they're looking for the "opportunity" of nursing a foreigner for a pittance. They do it because they want to make good money and provide for their families.