Allison
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- Joined
- Oct 27, 2005
I totally agree. I was actually going to start a thread about this bias against 'high income earners'. It doesn't make any sense to me- grow up poor, work hard, succeed on your own merit- uhm, last time I checked that was the American Dream, right?
It's funny, people rant and rave about low- income people when they think they take too much from the government (ie us)- but then there seems to be this invisible line of "too much" income, and a thought that anyone who makes that much not have earned it/by greedy/be against the middle class.
To your point above- I could have been an investment banker, but I wasn't willing to committ to the 100+ hour workweeks, grueling schedule, constant pressure. The trade off wasn't worth it to me. So when I hear how much a first- year analysts makes at Goldman Sachs, I have no right to complain. I just say 'good for them'.
You make some very good points and I have definitely noticed what you are talking about.