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Mike Simpson: “It is like Tribes of the training grounds for everybody, and if they can get a job at a higher pay, then they go.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
It is like Tribes of the training grounds for everybody, and if they can get a job at a higher pay, then they go.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Simpson discusses the issue of Tribal firefighters leaving for better-paying jobs.

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