The Brand and Sherry Oddcast, sponsored by Trinity Debt Management.

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Today, if you don't mind, we would all just like to say thank you to welders.

That's right, welders.

You people are awesome.

And we noticed your job is on the list of the 25 worst jobs in America.

And they say it's because it's just extremely difficult.

It's a challenging job.

You don't get paid as much as you probably should.

I guess it's kind of dangerous. Physically demand it, yes, dangerous as well.

Heavy metal objects.

And here's the thing, simultaneously, well, people don't consider that.

We have these jobs, we act like are a big deal.

Very important.

A lawyer, very important.

Actually, we can't have lawyers.

U.S. infrastructure is aging, and welders are needed.

Let me tell you something.

Whether I think about welders very often or not, a world without them ends very quickly

for most of us.

I'm going to say, it's literally falling apart.

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