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Old 10-12-2013, 12:12 PM
 
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There's a clue there...

but not a particularly useful clue. the clue suggests that the path to wealth lies elsewhere, but does not suggest where the path lies, nor how to get there. it's not as if an unskilled burger flipper can - VOILA! - transform into a highly-paid neurosurgeon.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Deep Dirty South
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Yep obviously there will always be government and so if it has to be we have to keep it small. Right now Obama is in power and wants BIG government.
Yep. And if we want to be accurate and honest, we'd be saying the exact same thing if there was a Republican in the White House. Truth is truth.

The GOP have become huge government nanny staters. And they have been for a long time. Of course, they abandoned all truly conservative principles at least four decades back.

The last three Republican presidents we've had have been among the LEAST conservative leaders this nation has ever seen.

Anyone who thinks the Democrats are any worse about invasion, interference and intrusion into the private lives of citizens is either blind, idiotic, or a hardcore partisan hack waste of time.

BOTH parties suck at that. Maybe in slightly different ways or for slightly different reasons, but with the same results.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:16 PM
 
Location: USA
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but not a particularly useful clue. the clue suggests that the path to wealth lies elsewhere, but does not suggest where the path lies, nor how to get there. it's not as if an unskilled burger flipper can - VOILA! - transform into a highly-paid neurosurgeon.
I believe that all roles are vital to society.


We are all born with certain gifts and we all acquire certain skills and qualities as we grow older and learn and experience.

The trash collector is as vital to society as the CEO.



That doesn't mean I support an even pay scale, but it does mean I support a "fair" pay scale based on cost of living.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:22 PM
 
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but not a particularly useful clue. the clue suggests that the path to wealth lies elsewhere, but does not suggest where the path lies, nor how to get there. it's not as if an unskilled burger flipper can - VOILA! - transform into a highly-paid neurosurgeon.
LOL, ok, so now you got the part that flippers don't automatically transform into neurosurgeons. Keep thinking.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:22 PM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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but not a particularly useful clue. the clue suggests that the path to wealth lies elsewhere, but does not suggest where the path lies, nor how to get there.
Yeah, that's where individual effort comes in. Another clue...
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:26 PM
 
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LOL, ok, so now you got the part that flippers don't automatically transform into neurosurgeons. Keep thinking.
I know a guy thay worked as a waiter in college and later got into med school. His position as a waiter merely reflected the fact that he took an available job to pay for school.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:34 PM
 
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LOL, ok, so now you got the part that flippers don't automatically transform into neurosurgeons. Keep thinking.

Yeah yeah I know, but the right education/training is financially out of reach. I'm not sure what the millionaire's secret is in that case.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:35 PM
 
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I know a guy thay worked as a waiter in college and later got into med school. His position as a waiter merely reflected the fact that he took an available job to pay for school.

Flipping burgers does not pay sufficiently well to put one through med school.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:38 PM
 
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Flipping burgers does not pay sufficiently well to put one through med school.
No, but it put him through college, with the assistance of parents.
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Old 10-12-2013, 12:38 PM
 
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Yeah, that's where individual effort comes in. Another clue...

Many burger flippers work hard, so individual effort isn't necessarily the solution.
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