Re: THE TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS U.S. CITIES REPORT :

I guess folks at the upper end of the pay scale are getting a free ride.
Surely, it couldn't be things like education, hard work, initiative,
creativity, ability, motivation, skill, brainpower, persuasiveness, desire
and charisma that enabled them to move up the food chain of success...

When are you going to learn the jobs in this country are not a God given
right. Generally speaking, people are paid what the market demands. The
more you have to offer the more you get back. Why should the guy who welds
pipe all day presume that he is as valuable as the guy who manages 100 of
the people who weld pipe? The economic reality of the two positions is that
the manager creates far more wealth for his company than the welder. That's
not to say that the welder is any less important to getting the job done, he
just doesn't have the same impact as the other guy.

The moral of the story is do the best job you are capable of, educate
yourself, be motivated, have the desire to better your circumstances and you
too can move up as far as your abilities will take you. Or, sit back, bitch
and moan that someone else has more than you, continue to do nothing about
it, and watch everyone around you get richer while you continue to struggle.

Robert


"Hawke" <desmithe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It isn't the rank and file working man or woman who is greedy. Hell, it
takes two of them working their asses off just to make ends meet. They
might
be potentially greedy but they are working too hard and making too little
to
think about much else besides how to get what they do make go around. The
greed is on the upper end of the income scale, always has been. If all you
can make is barely enough to survive greed isn't going to be your problem.
Just having any kind of decent life is enough of a challenge. It's the
people who have the advantages and the talent and the connections who are
the greedy ones. The corporate CEOs who make ridiculous amounts of money,
the TV and movie stars, the top athletes, and the already wealthy are the
ones who are greedy.

There are two pay scales in this country. One, for the average person,
pays
only the minimum that will keep you on the job. It's a cut throat world
where no one gets a dime more than they possibly can and they replace you
with someone who will take less at the drop of a hat. The other one is for
the top pay people, and it's a different world altogether. They get paid
as
if money was no object. The Bill O'Reillys, Kelly Ripas, Simon Cowells,
and
the like are paid kingly sums for nothing. The same is true for the
athletes, the CEO, and many others. There is no such thing as too much pay
for what they do. It's sure different from what everybody else has to deal
with. For most people they have a hard time getting $15.00 an hour for
their
work. For the privileged few $15,000.00 an hour isn't out of line.

It's no wonder that the division between the haves and the have nots is at
it's greatest since the 1890s. Workers are making less than they did
thirty
years ago for the same work and the top income bracket is making record
incomes. The reason for this is political. With republican, pro wealth and
pro business philosophies running things this is what you get. I just
wonder
how it is that the average guy can be happy with things like they are. If
you are in the top ten percent, yeah, I can understand it. But if you and
your spouse both have to work full time just to pay the bills it's
incomprehensible how they could like the direction that the republican
party
has taken the country. After all, they're the losers. Maybe they are just
not bright enough to know that. Well, at least they probably know the
names
of the Three Stooges.

Hawke




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