Firefighters are so honored and admired in this country, yet they don’t get what they’re owed? I’m not sure exactly why I have been seeing firefighters all over Austin this weekend begging on the streets beside homeless people, but it must be that they are not funded like they should be. I don’t admire firefighters as much as most people do in Texas, but I do respect them. They work hard for little pay to make sure we are safe, but there’s no way that this kind of job-including begging on the streets in the hot day and rain-can be attractive to younger people that see it.