Question about what Obama just said.

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SciFiBoy said:

mrstickball said:

ry going to college for 8 years, then working 16hrs a day on double shifts, then watching someone that does no work get paid close to what you do. You'll start to see things differently.

For an entire year, I woke up at 4am every weekday, worked 60hrs a week, and made $8.00hr + overtime. No benefits. It's called unskilled labor. You see, in an economy, some people do things that are more valuable than others. They have the ability to do, say, and understand things better than others. Because of this, they may be entitled to earn compensation that exeedes those that work the same number of hours, but did not put any time into education, to do a good job.

 

again you miss the point, many people are failed by the education system, i.e they have a learning difficulty and didnt get the extra help they needed (learning difficulties again are genetic) is it really fair to slam them for not being able to do better?

im sorry, but what job is so hard you need 100k+ in order to be motivated to do it?

I'd really like to see you provide empirical data that shows how many people are failed by the education system due to a clinically-proven learning difficulty versus those that had no disability and just did bad because they decided to.

What job is so hard that you need 100k to be motivated to do it?

• Doctor - 8yr degree. Usually lots of overtime. Get sued a lot by angry patients that thought they got bad service.
• Lawyer - 8yr degree. Most are jerks, but some are real smart and know a lot about the law, and use their years of learning to help ensure you don't do something illegal, or help guide your business.
• Computer Programmer - 4yr degree. Lots are salary, and forced to work many hours of overtime to push out a product, and ensure that it works well.
  

There are lots of jobs that could fall underneath that category. It really just depends on market conditions. Why should someone that has no secondary education make near the same amount of money bagging groceries as a man that's dedicated years to a specific profession, and is among the top in his field?