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Originally Posted by svandamme
in that line of thought, you could say that nobody should earn millions
because in that sense, why would the life long hard work of a CEO
be worth more then any other straight up, honest man who worked all his life?
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Ah now HERE is an interesting line of conversation! You make a good point, however I would say that a life's work isn't valued in money so the comparison doesn't quite work.
I have thought about this off an on for years, understand I believe in capitalism and allowing the free market to set prices, however sometimes that free market just doesn't make sense to me. In the same way that housing prices in California don't make sense to me, I can't fathom how Britney makes that kind of scratch.
What does it say about our society's values when we pay teachers next to nothing, ministers next to nothing (unless they are televangelists...which are more performers than anything), social workers, counselors, farmers, etc...all get minimal wage. Yet Britney or Fiddy (or however the hell you say his name) or Paris get millions. Obviously if money is the measure of the value placed on a service by society, then society values Paris' sex tapes a whole lot more than the pastor at the corner church. We find out that A-Rod wants over $300 million to sign a contract...for hitting a baseball.
Sometimes it just doesn't make sense, you know?