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To: durasell
Even their pay is screwy -- 28 year old hedge fund guys making $5 million a year. What the heck is that about?

Don't you know? Supply and demand. If the demand for talented investor falls or their supply increases, his salary will go down.

Now, when was the last time you asked: an NBA star --- whose main talent is pushin a round rabber thing through a hoop, 'mind you --- makes $30 million from being a "spokesperson" for MCI, what the heck is THAT about?

That "srar" spent a few days in total on shooting commercials. By comparison, that 28-year-old works 14-hour days and has no vacations. Somehow THAT bothers you.

Why?

611 posted on 08/02/2005 3:40:06 PM PDT by ExitPurgamentum
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To: ExitPurgamentum

The money itself paid to the individual doesn't bother me. I'm a firm believer in the idea that a person is worth whatever he or she can negotiate. But sometimes the pay is out of proportion to the job.


613 posted on 08/02/2005 6:42:13 PM PDT by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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