Poll: Do people really need $100,000/£100,000 a year salleries?

[Nautical Honors Society]

Yes. If you are getting paid that much then take that much. If you feel bad about it then give to charity.

 

[Deonysus]

I believe that if a man (or woman) have spent ten years (or more) of his life in college spending many hours every day studying and his free time working in a low-budget restaurant/firm/whatever in order to pay for his bills truly deserves an annual pay of 100k dollars or more.
I don't believe in being able to inherit a job without any earlier work to prove that you deserve said job.

 

[megs1120]

Hey, if you're working for that money, you deserve it.

My step dad has fought in a war, and worked in the same company for 41 years. He deserves every penny he gets. He's made almost 2 million dollars in his lifetime and is due for retirement in April.

My mom went from a single mother of 3 working 2 serving jobs and going to night-school into a career she worked very hard to get to. She deserves every cent she makes.

If you've worked your way up to a career that pays that much, and if you do a job that says you should make that much, you deserve it. Needing it isn't important. It's wether or not you've earned it.

What about bankers who make more in a day than your father made in his entire life? Where do we draw the line, if anywhere?

 

[meticadpa]

Some people deserve it.

My father earned three times that last year, but he worked fucking hard for it. He also has several properties and lives in London (so he needs a lot of money to support his assets).

Of course, no one NEEDS that much money, but some people do deserve it.

 

[drisky]

Big salaries are an incentive to try harder, the lack of it is why Communism failed. I choose to do graphic design for my degree even though I know its a highly competitive and low paying job, but thats my problem. The bigger issue is that the richest people in the world contribute absolutely nothing, and simply manipulate the money. Then those who have the money make sure to use that money to make sure their the only ones that continue to make money. Buts thats the top 1%, not doctors and engineers.

 

[ultimateownage]

£100,000 is a nice large sum, it allows you to live in a nice place and be a bit liberal with your spending. Anything upwards of £200,000 is a little overkill though, and the amount sports players get payed is ridiculous.

 

[gl1koz3]

I haven't even smelled anything close to such money yet. It does feel weird when those people can, but I can't. Sure, you can yell that "everyone can", but that's just attacking the symptoms, not the cause.

 

[craddoke]

With multiple kids (needing college educations), a mortgage (or two), perhaps some student loans, a credit card bill or two, and the desire to have a cell phone/internet connection it's very reasonable - just about anywhere in the U.S., at least.

With two jobs, my wife and I barely clear $100K and it's just enough to live in comfort - no wild orgies of consumption.

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

100k seems to be an amount that will let you be comfortable but not excessively rich.

i dont think money changes you, it just allows you to be who you really are.

word!

Cmon 100k a year is not that much 500k that is alot and that can change a person drastically.
100k in my opinion can just allow you to live the way you want.

 

[-Samurai-]

Hey, if you're working for that money, you deserve it.

My step dad has fought in a war, and worked in the same company for 41 years. He deserves every penny he gets. He's made almost 2 million dollars in his lifetime and is due for retirement in April.

My mom went from a single mother of 3 working 2 serving jobs and going to night-school into a career she worked very hard to get to. She deserves every cent she makes.

If you've worked your way up to a career that pays that much, and if you do a job that says you should make that much, you deserve it. Needing it isn't important. It's wether or not you've earned it.

What about bankers who make more in a day than your father made in his entire life? Where do we draw the line, if anywhere?

Then they obviously do a job that warrants that kind of pay, and by doing that job, they earn it.

You can never be paid too much for a job. If someone is willing to give you thousands of dollars a day to a job, then the work must be worth it, or they wouldn't be paying you that much.

 

[KorLeonis]

Well, I live in Calgary, I make around $85k a year, depending somewhat on how much overtime I get, and that's enough to be comfortable, but it definitely doesn't count as rich. If I had kids I would certainly need $100k a year or more. As it is, I just want it cause I'm a greedy bastard.

My folks salaries combined were a bit over $100k growing up and we did alright. My bro makes over that now working for M$, and he's supporting 3 kids with a bit left to save for their future. So I don't think $100k a year is unreasonable.

 

[Ken Sapp]

People deserve as much as their employers/clients/customers are willing to pay for their services.

 

[trooper6]

The question was do people *need* $100k+ a year.
No.

Do they *deserve* $100k+ a year? That is a different question. One that wasn't asked. So I'm not going to address that one.

 

[RobCoxxy]

As a film student, the amount of money I could earn as a Scriptwriter, Associate Editor/Ass.Director/Director of Cinematography or Steadicam operator is crazy.

Coming from a realtively low-income background, and being a poor as fuck student, if I could earn £100k+ per annum, I would be a happy little bastard - nice house, Decent car, decent quality of life.

I want it.
I want it good.

 

[Jorias]

Speaking as someone who lives in the world of capitalism, I say that if your business strategies create an empire, you earned it.

But, still... sometimes, I wish that there was a limit to how rich people can get.

To me, an ideal government would be half free and half communist. You're free to capitalize on your business strategies and go after whatever you want, but if you make more then $100,000 a year, the rest is given to a national fund that is used for every other citizen less fortunate. This doesn't apply to your company, only to how much you make as it's CEO. The company, if it makes more then $50,000,000 a year, gets the same treatment. It's excess earnings go to the national fund.

By having allot of successful companies and people in your nation, you also create a more wealthy bottom line for the lower and middle class.

The rich are still rich, but the lower class can still get by.

well there is the corporate tax...it's pretty significant. Gotta remember Corporations can be treated like real people so they are taxed as real people as well. There is also the Capital Gains tax as well....don't worry our government is doing what it can with what it has. Individuals who earn 100,000 dollars/year are still considered middle class in america, so i think's it's ok if someone earned that much.

I would be more concerned on HOW they made 100k a year rather than the amount.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm inclined to believe that the hefty sallery makes people complacent and bigotted

http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/173169-Kevin/169/32/lolwut_verbose_display.jpg

OT: If they can earn that much, then yes, they can have it. Why not?

 

[pigmypython]

Here in Victoria a crappy house can go for $700,000 used. In Vancouver it's even worse where the same house can go for $1,000,000 in some districts. So yes that amount of money is necessary for some.