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Originally Posted by troutman

Hard to understand how anyone "earns" billions of $. That is such an immense number.

These fortunes depend on placing an idea or a product successfully into a huge market.

IIRC, Sting earns $60K US per day for Every Breath You Take. One song. Probably wrote it in a day. And this is peanuts to what the billionaires bring in.

May only be $2K per day:
http://www.rttnews.com/2249110/sting...-you-take.aspx
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sting-all-this-time/

So that's like 7 cents for every breath he takes.