Question about what Obama just said.

[SciFiBoy]

Final-Fan said:

TheRealMafoo said:

SciFiBoy said:

TheRealMafoo said:

SciFiBoy said:
did you earn it though? someone payed you it, but earning it means that its 100% fair given the work you do, so its unlikely thats true, especially if you earn more than 100k a year, i really dont see what human being is worth that much money, if any. the money you voulantry give is alot less than taxation and welfare would be giving them

So if a football team is going to gross 500 million a year with player x, and 300 million a year without him, he is not worth more then 100k?

what human is worth 100k a year for anything, sportsmen are a prime example, stupidly overpaid for a job that they could do for 22k a year, the average wage (in the UK)

I just want to make sure I understand this...

You own the football team, and your very trusty accountant tells you “Mr. X will play for us, and he is asking for 200k a year. If you accept, we will make 200 million more dollars”.

You're going to tell him “No man is worth more then 100k. Tell him no.”?

Obviously the market justifies that salary.  But I think that what he's talking about is what is rational (ironic I know). 

The market is rational in one sense but in another way it can be pretty crazy.  Some people make $10 million a year.  Think about it:  what can a single person do in a day to really deserve over twenty seven thousand dollars for that one day of work?

 

exactly my point