From: Dave Frightens Me on
On 5 Aug 2006 11:48:10 -0700, "A Human Being"
<justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>> On 2 Aug 2006 08:28:19 -0700, "A Human Being"
>> <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >The Reid wrote:
>> >> Following up to A Human Being
>> >>
>> >> >> >> If it's valuable, why aren't you better off?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Why are professional basketball players paid more than teachers and
>> >> >> >doctors?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Because they are more valuable.
>> >> >
>> >> >In what way is their work more useful to society than that of doctors
>> >> >and teachers ?
>> >>
>> >> It isn't, but we value them more.
>> >
>> >why ?
>>
>> Because they are a rarity.
>
>So are midgets and people over 7 ft tall. Why aren't they paid just as
>much as professional models or basketball or football players?

You are an idiot.
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From: Dave Frightens Me on
On 5 Aug 2006 11:50:38 -0700, "A Human Being"
<justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

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>Martin wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:56:29 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Dave Frightens Me writes:
>> >
>> >> If it's valuable, why aren't you better off?
>> >
>> >Why are professional basketball players paid more than teachers and
>> >doctors?
>>
>> Why aren't you better off?
>
>If you can answer the question he asked you will have the answer to why
>he isn't better off.

You are an idiot.
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From: A Human Being on

Keith Willshaw wrote:
> "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1154803690.410727.179640(a)n13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
>
> >>
> >> Because they are a rarity.
> >
> > So are midgets and people over 7 ft tall. Why aren't they paid just as
> > much as professional models or basketball or football players?
> >
>
> Most basketball players seem to fall into the latter of your two groups

There are some people who are taller than but not basketball players.
If being a rarity is all that matters, then the likes of Robert Wadlow
and Leonid Stadnik should have been billionaires.


>
> Keith

From: A Human Being on

Hatunen wrote:
> On 5 Aug 2006 11:48:10 -0700, "A Human Being"
> <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> >> On 2 Aug 2006 08:28:19 -0700, "A Human Being"
>
> >So are midgets and people over 7 ft tall. Why aren't they paid just as
> >much as professional models or basketball or football players?
>
> Professional athletes are paid what the owners think is
> reasonable for the number of tickets they will be responible for
> selling.

Yes.

> If you want to blmae someone for their high salaries,
> blame the fans, who are willing to pay the inflated seat prices
> to see them perform. Ditto for some like Madonna.

Why are those fans willing to pay such inflated prices ?

> How much are you personally willing to pay for tickets to see a
> midget or a seven-footer (unless, of course, the seven-footer is
> ace at ball-handling and scoring from the three-point line).

Why aren't they as popular as Madonna ?

> How much are you willing to pay a second grade teacher?

Much more than what they get now, enough to make it all worthwhile and
keep them interested in teaching . A society's future depends on the
people who take care of its basic needs - teachers, health
professionals, builders and the like , even the refuge collectors. I
rate them much higher than Madonna or the basketball players.

>You will
> do they paying, after all, through your taxes. Are you willing to
> pay that teacher $100,000 a year, quadrupling your taxes?

If the govt spent the money wisely and a lot of wasteful practices were
curbed, the teachers could get much better salaries without an increase
in taxation. But the problem in a nanny state is that the population is
not free to have their say and affect the govt's decisions. They lost
that freedom quite a while ago.

Thanks , I appreciate conversations with people who can talk sense.

From: Jim Ley on
On 6 Aug 2006 01:58:43 -0700, "A Human Being"
<justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Why are those fans willing to pay such inflated prices ?

Because they enjoy it, they value the experience of going to the game
at least as high as the ticket price.

>Why aren't they as popular as Madonna ?

because she gave birth to the child of their God... or something like
that, some people like that sort of thing.

>> How much are you willing to pay a second grade teacher?
>
>Much more than what they get now, enough to make it all worthwhile and
>keep them interested in teaching .

Why? Is there a big shortage of teachers? Just paying them more
won't make them work more or better, indeed it could make them work
less and worse, as they'll rapidly have large savings to spend
elsewhere.

You'll also attract people purely interested in the money, with no
interest in doing the job well. You've got a very simplistic view of
renumeration thinking more is always positive.

Jim.