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Originally posted by cluck
So if you're a self made man who started with nothing, are you pissed that you had to start with nothing while those born into better conditions have it that much easier?
My point is that what we get out of life isn't based on how hard we work. Sure that's part of it, but who do you think is working harder, the CEO who got the job becuase his daddy was the CEO before him, or the people who bust their ass working 16 hour days for the same company?
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That's true, to a point. However, wealth is a vague measure of how much someone contributes to society, regardless of how much actual sweat they put into it.
For example, if you need to move to a new house or apartment and you have a choice of hiring two companies. The first company owns a truck and has dollys and hydraulic lifts. The second company is just to guys in comfortable shoes. Clearly the second company would have to work much harder than the first to move you to your new place. Should you be willing to pay the second company more, just because they worked harder? Should you pay according to the results?