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Originally Posted by kane
It is all relative.
A guy like LeBron James is paid millions of dollars to play basketball because he is good enough at it that people will pay hundreds of dollars for tickets to watch him play and people will tune in their TVs to watch him play. Nobody is going to be willing to pay to see me play basketball.
Brad Pitt makes a lot of money because he has a worldwide fan base and people are willing to pay to see his movies.
If I take naked pictures of a hot girl, make a site out of it and tens of thousands of people pay for access to that site, I do deserve to be paid like that because my work has drawn in a big audience.
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That's all well and good, but based on a (possibly corrupt) societal valuation.
What you and LeBron do really adds nothing of critical worth to society or its advancement.
On the other hand, teachers, in theory, should.
I'm just playing devil's advocate, but I just find Robbie's disdain for government spending funny.
Now, possibly those advisers and deans we were talking about are sitting on their ass all day not doing a damn, thing.
It's just as possible that those positions were created because they're needed.
Point is, government spending on education is crucial.
Teacher's shouldn't be millionaires, but where's the pork in education? It's hard to hide.