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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact is, society doesn't need 95% of the world's population to have MBAs, law degrees, etc.  What we need in addition to lawyers, financial advisors, etc. is for people to take jobs as teachers, firefighters, nonprofit workers, clerical/support staff, daycare providers, sanitation workers, agriculture workers, etc.  Heck, I am extremely grateful for the night cleaners who are hired to empty trash cans and vacuum my office at night.

Your high paying job does not exist in a vacuum and it takes all sorts of positions to keep society running.

Does that mean a secretary should eat at the same fancy restaurants and take the same expensive vacations as the partner at her law firm?  Of course not.  But the secretary also shouldn't have to live 50 miles from her job and live paycheck to paycheck while praying her kids never have a medical emergency.  How in the world can you lack such compassion for the workers who teach our children, make sure our Christmas packages get delivered, etc.

OP -- you are far from the only person on this planet contributing anything worthwhile and I'd be willing to bet a lot of people who make less than you are benefitting society more than you.[/quote]

I like most of what you've said here, but what's with the tendency to lump teachers in with "workers"?  Most of the teachers I know have Master's degrees.  They are wildly underpaid, IMO.  In fact many teachers have more formal education than a lot of people who work in tech and make tons of money.  Our priorities are screwed up.  We should thank our lucky stars teachers even carry on with their work.  It's out of selflessness that they do, and we need to recognize that.  But it's a Catch 22, because it is an altruistic job,  and therefore we don't think they should be paid well.  [/quote]

Yeah, she makes mostly good points and while mail carriers perform a valuable service, putting them in the same category of teachers is dubious at best. [/quote]

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