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In reply to the discussion: Why are surgeons paid more than brick layers? [View all]TBF
(32,259 posts)it is only to drive wedges between folks.
Believe me, a doctor or lawyer who has to take out the loans for 3-5 years of school/clerkships/fellowships are not living high on the hog. They buy in the suburbs, pay the high rent/mortgage, cars to get back and forth to work, daycares/school, saving for their own retirement, paying interest on any/all debt, etc... It is not like being homeless, of course, they are probably some of the few still living the "middle class lifestyle" but it's hardly the life of luxury.
If we want to attack someone lets look at the folks who are in the top .01% of the top 1%. Folks like Gates who make more money in their one household than 1/3 of the rest of the country. That is what we need to focus on - not whether it's more prudent to buy a BMW or Ford Focus when you're 25 (I'm in a 12 yr old Subaru myself and I'll drive it until it can't be fixed anymore) ...
You're missing the forest for the trees with these wedge arguments and they only serve to get the 99% fighting amongst themselves while the top 1% run off with all the loot.