I appreciated your thoughtful and to the point post. Yeah. Where did I say million dollar salaries are the norm? You’re response is as bad as the typical MSM trash. I said they are the norm for fortune 500 company execs who live in CA. For the record, a million dollar salary here is slightly under 500K after taxes due to CA taxes at over 10%. If you live in a 3000 square foot home, you are paying around 120K a year in mortgage payments. The million soon becomes 380K after just your house. Add to that everything here is more expensive. I’m not saying a 1M salary is not fantastic, even in the above example, but I am saying it’s not unlimited wealth unless you can pull it off for 20 years running. We are also talking about someone directly responsible for thousands of employees. I tend to respect someone who can pull down that kind of salary and I don’t begrudge them or portray them as evil either. I certainly don’t resent them for their success.
“million dollar salary here is slightly under 500K”
You poor soul. You forgot to subtract from that salary the amount attributable to the federal and state gas tax, and sales tax.
You should probably apply for food stamps.