(February 19, 2009 at 11:01 am)LukeMC Wrote:With respect Luke, I think you misunderstand the question. What I am getting at in response to your query about the same reward for a brain surgeon and a Mcdonalds worker is how do you, me, we value occupations?(February 17, 2009 at 6:36 pm)bozo Wrote:(February 17, 2009 at 5:00 pm)LukeMC Wrote: Seeing brain surgeons being paid the same as MacDonalds workers is a very odd concept indeedBut I'm open to the idea, things may not be as they seem...
OK Luke, who do you value most....the garbage collector or an investment banker?
Well, why would I spend 13 years in compulsory education, 2 years in 6th form and 3-8 years in a university to pursue a career in brain surgery when I could just get a job as a garbage collector? Obviously I love science and would thoroughly enjoy the learning and the job, but on the same paycheck as a garbage collector, how do I pay off the tuition fees in one lifetime? I'll be in debt until I die. Not an enticing concept, especially when I have ambitions to see the northern lights, visit africa and have an actual garden of my own instead of living in a tower block. Unless socialism would make university nice and cheap? In which case, I'd be more than happy to go through all that hard work for a low wage, because I'm not in it for the money. I just want enough money to exercise a few freedoms.
If I were to answer my own question I would value the garbage collector because without them, rodents would infestate everything and my health would be in danger. I don't have pots of money, so I have no need for an investment banker. In addition, I value workers who actually produce things useful to people over those that contribute nothing save juggling figures around. I think the wage differentials that exist are immoral.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
