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Originally Posted by thomp679
Question: Were you worth what you were paid for your skill? I have seen many a white collar worker not worth the salary they were paid.
By the way, I have also seen a lot of hard workers that were high school kids and unskilled labor. In fact, I see a lot of these workers around The Villages. You try working in the heat of the Florida day for the wages they are paid. And stop looking down upon low wage workers.
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"white collar, blue collar", the emotional foundation of some of the so called arguments made on here would be laughed out of a high school level logic class. First question that comes to mind, while we all have observed "white collar" workers not "worth" anything, are there also "blue collar" workers not "worth" anything. Are there any physicians not "worth" anything ? WHO decides "worth" ? And to suggest "why don't YOU try working in the Florida heat, yada yada yada". WHY would anyone who does not like that, or maybe can't, even want to work in the "Florida heat" ? On the other hand, one of our sons LOVES it, would not do anything else, especially if confined inside a building. Makes you wonder about people the way they "talk", configure their "arguments" with pure emotion, never bothering to support their point of view. Come to think of it, I HAVE seen a lot of old people, like myself and my neighbors, don't know if they are high school grads or not, but they ARE out in the HOT Florida sun, working on golf courses, at pools, even directing traffic for events. They seem to LOVE working out in the hot Florida sun, most for VERY LOW wages. People are about as happy as they decide to be. Money does not equal happiness, and now watch, people will start posting that you can't be happy when you don't make enough to even eat. It's a deep philosophical difference between those who would say, if you work a job and do not even make enough to have food, then you need to add another job. I did this in college, had one job serving coffee and doughnuts, another checking groceries, and still could not keep both food on the table AND pay the rent on a simple, roach infested apartment on the campus of a state university. SO, no alternative ! Had to add a third job, at the university library, touble was, ran out of hours in the day. Between classes, study, and required lab time, I was not able to even sleep for more than 3-4 hours. Most people probably don't even realize you can function with 4 hours of sleep.... LOL ! And those who think it is a human birth right to have food, shelter, and medical care, well, that is not always true. There is no definitive answer to this question; do we come into this world with the RIGHT to food, shelter, and medical care, or don't we ? Christians and other religions have debated this since the beginning of time.