Reply #8: It's a motivator, though. That "not a necessity" idea worked not too well in the

[MADem]

USSR. And China. Which is why they have reformulated their economic sectors.

People are motivated to IMPROVE their lives. So, a doctor who is given three hots, a cot, and just "enough" for his or her family is going to go somewhere ELSE where he or she can make a little "profit" --if the government allows them to leave, that is--maybe get a nicer house, afford a better school, wear nicer clothes, get a better car, save for a nicer college for the children. A doctor can live just fine in India--but they can "make a profit" over here, live better, AND support their parents and a slew of assorted relatives back home. Who's going to pass that up if they get the chance, realistically?

Nothing wrong with a little profit. It's when the "little profit" becomes OBSCENE profit that you have a problem.