The community has to choose where to spend money. So, they want a lifeguard because swimming makes life more enjoyable to live. That's fine. But saying somethi

The community has to choose where to spend money. So, they want a lifeguard because swimming makes life more enjoyable to live. That's fine. But saying something like "life is priceless" or worth millions or whatever, that's silly. That's not how we decide to pay for any other dangerous job. I don't know what a reasonable pay for a lifeguard is, but Glass door seems to say that the market rate is about 20-40k. This job may be risky, and it has benefits to society, but so do a lot of other jobs.