(Dobbs) Is The Money For Entertainment And Sports Stars Out Of Whack?
A 29 year old baseball star and a 33 year old singer earn the most.
When you’re the best, you deserve to earn the most. I don’t quibble with that. But I do have trouble with who’s earning the most.
According to the latest figures I’ve seen, it’s not innovators who are improving our lives in the long term, or entrepreneurs who are creating thousands of long-term jobs. It’s not medical researchers who are trying to cure cancers and other diseases (the average salary for a pediatric oncologist is $170,000 a year), or the climate change experts who are trying to save the planet (where the highest salary is less than $200,000). And it’s certainly not firefighters or police officers or soldiers who put their own lives on the line to protect ours (a private starts in the U.S. Army at $1,638 a month). Or journalists who take risks in war zones to keep the rest of us informed, or teachers who have the heavy responsibility of educating our kids who will shape our future (the highest paid teachers are in New York City, at $80,286, the lowest earn $47,156 in Hawa…
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