The fact that you were able to ask the question "How much is too much?" Shows you haven't lost touch with your background or basic values.
People like Martha are not interested in people. They believe that consumers are masses, represented by x while laborers are masses represented by y If your business is located in an area with x population then y employees should be able to produce enough product for z product sales. If profits don't equal that projected in z sales, then it's the fault of the laborers.
I'm not making this up. It's a summary of what I was being taught in college. I call it Trotsky economics.
All rich socialists consider themselves the elite and above the law. It's why they really believe that a thousand people are waiting for every job, no matter how menial and/or low paying. And why they eventually get caught and fitted for those lovely orange coveralls. Some day, indoctrinated social collectivism will be medically identified as a neurosis if not an out and out mental illness. 'Course that won't happen until our colleges stop churning out indoctrinated social collectivists.
"The fact that you were able to ask the question "How much is too much?" Shows you haven't lost touch with your background or basic values. "
How much is enough was the question I asked of myself and my biz partners. But your point is appreciated, I try to keep in mind where I began, how I got here. The "arc of life" as the World According to Garp noted.