Originally Posted by
vnx205
That's a good idea!
Then all we need is for the other people who are stupid enough to work in jobs where as well as making a meagre living they are making contribution to society or providing an essential service to have a bit of get up and go.
We need all the people working in childcare centres to go and get a proper job that pays a six figure salary. Of course that will create a bit of a problem for the two income families who need the second income either to survive or to service the loan on their fifth investment property. But if they have any drive they will find a solution.
At the same time we could get all the other people like teachers who work in jobs that don't pay overtime to leave and work somewhere where they do get overtime. They will still be working the same number of hours of course, but then with their overtime payments they will be able to pay extra contributions into their super.
Some of those people in jobs like nursing, childcare and teaching are probably the same unmotivated people who are scout leaders, sports coaches or members of service clubs like Apex or Lions. They are probably frittering away time that could be spent earning money on some sort of voluntary work in their community. Don't they realise their time would be better spent getting a second job so they could invest in the stock market or real estate?
It is possible that we need a few spivs, CEOs on obscene salaries and people who make their money by calculating or guessing when to buy or sell foreign currencies.
However it is certain that society could not function as it does without some of the people who are prepared to work in jobs where there is a sense of satisfaction that comes from having made a difference either to some individual's lives or to society in general. And there is plenty of evidence of just how much our society depends on volunteers
Those people like nurses and people being paid a pittance in early childhood centres and similar jobs have made their choice just like the people for whom a six figure salary is the most important facet of the job. Both groups have to accept the consequences of their decision.
It would be nice if just occasionally some of those driven, highly motivated, successful people would show some understanding and gratitude to those who have kept society functioning in the way we all like it to instead of adopting the attitude, "I have made myself rich through my own efforts. You could have done the same."
