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You are paid what you are worth, (most of the time.)

Let me count the ways:
1. You are NOT entitled to a job. You have to EARN the job. That means a job has to be open, you have to have the skills to perform that job and you have to be the best candidate for that job.
2. You are NOT entitled to that bullshit "living wage" which only exists in unicorn dwelling unemployed diploma mill grads. You live on what you make. If you want more, you have to work harder and smarter for more.
3. You are NOT entitled to make money based on how hard you work. You could slave in the sun, day after day, making mud pies. You wouldn't be worth a cent. PERIOD.
4. Your pay is based on you reaching a VOLUNTARY agreement with an employer. He wants you to work for free, or a dollar a day. You want to work for $100 a minute, with six months vacation and five Rolls Royces for a car allowance. Your pay is where you and the employer meet somewhere in the middle.
5. The best example of this in the real world is a hospital. A heart surgeon makes more money than the janitor. That's because the heart surgeon's skill is more valuable than that of a janitor.
6. The ONLY time you are paid more than you are worth is a situation created by minimum wage. (Or if you are on WELFARE.) If you are a total bozo, the state has mandated that you not be paid what you are worth, if it is a penny an hour, but rather a minimum amount. Of course, those who are REALLY stupid and incompetent are never hired if their skills are worth less than the minimum wage.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Nobody is going to convince me that a factory labourer produces less worth than a hedge fund manager

Sure, there are elements of meritocracy but it's filtered through layers of cultural bias, political economy, hereditary advantage and luck.
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@Reason10 Wealth ultimately has to be produced somewhere . . we cannot all make a living administering or speculating on the efforts of others.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@SunshineGirl Thank you!

And that from a former City trader.

@Reason10 BTW, The City (proper noun) refers to the City of London Stock Exchange.

Just fyi, in case you were not educated enough to know. You pompous blowhard.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
@SunshineGirl Liberal goose steppers assume that all wealth is stolen and that they are entitled to it.
Wealth is created. The ACHIEVERS create it by working harder and smarter.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Reason10 liberal goose steppers?

Lolz you are funny.
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