View Single Post
Old 01-19-2005, 12:01 PM   #51
Skipaway
Hall Of Famer
 
Skipaway's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Where you live
Posts: 11,017
Quote:
Originally Posted by Joshv02
Precisely.

What I don't understand is why people all of a sudden say "baseball players are only worth xyz," when they think that anyone else is this world is worth whatever they are paid.

Most people do not contribute any extrinsic value in some real sense. Teachers should be paid $17mm a year, lawyers $2.50 a year, and accountants $1.75. Baseball players should get fed used corn and be happy because they are playing a game. But, in real life, we take what we can get.
Maybe that's why some third world country people would say the Americans are greedy.

Getting paid 1000 dollars a week for what they'd do for 10 bucks?!?!?!? Greedy bastards!!!!
__________________
Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.
Skipaway is offline   Reply With Quote