Yeah, right mate, nice try. Aside from achieving death by dusty for speaking on his behalf, your failure to still grasp the basis of his opinions, despite the numerous times a day/week they may be posted shows that people in the city still dont really get "it"
When will people understand its not about how many drugs reaction you memorised, or how many skills you have?
And any body working in pre-hospital care is in the field of paramedicine, so why not do it properly from the start.
Look at the rest of the world, the US system is not the norm and it only survives in this state because you dont want to change anything because you are happy about whinging over the way things are. I can guarantee you that in other countries, EMT- B might not get you a job doing occupational first aid, let alone climbing on an ambulance, at least not in its current format.