I help people just fine with a steady income dropping into my bank account every two weeks. I don't think accepting a paycheck for EMS work is a bad thing- afterall, we have spent countless hours and ungodly amounts of money to get where we are. It is a profession, I don't know of many other PROFESSIONS that people donate their valuable time to do the same job that others get paid for. I'm not anti-volunteers, I was one when I started too. IMHO, we are the most severely underpaid professions out there, alongside teachers.