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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart by utexaspunk on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:11PM (#14960754)
It's more like "tax the guy whose work is being disproportionately rewarded in comparison to everyone else". I wouldn't argue with the idea of a doctor making more than a dishwasher, or possibly even a good hedge fund manager making more than a doctor. But 1,000 times more? No way!
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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart by jstanley on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:15PM (#14973154)
Fortunately, this isn't communism and you're not a dictator.

People aren't awarded money arbitrarily... Nobody will pay you more than you're worth. If a good hedge fund manager is able to make 1000x as much as a good doctor, he is worth 1000x as much as a good doctor, by definition, no matter how distasteful that might seem.

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Re:Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart by bcherny on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:23PM (#14973219)
You and @utexaspunk may be talking about different things.

I believe @utexaspunk is saying that salary should be tied to the amount of social good you do.

You are saying that the market sets salaries based on how much value you create, as measured in dollars.

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