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Originally Posted by pylon
Don't get me wrong, fundamentally I get it.
I just don't think a lot of people realize how hard some of the big earners work to get to where they are. They just think they were handed a 200k/yr job just because.
I have a cousin who is an OB-GYN/ specializes in highly risk pregnancies and is an inter womb surgeon. She spent 17 years in school/residency to get to where she is. Does she make a crap-ton of money now? Yes. Did she basically sacrifice for over half of her working life to finally get to where she is? Likely more than she'll ever earn back. The same can be said for entrepreneurs that employ hundreds of people, and live/breath and sleep their businesses.
Yes, I get why it makes sense. I just wish all the "OMG! Tax the fat cat silver spoon elite!" understood the sacrifices and risks most wealthy people have made, to put themselves in that position. Most of them work harder and longer than any middle class regular Joe.
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People don't get there on their own. When someone goes to school and trains in Canada for a decade and a half while making little to no money they're reaping the benefits of our society and tax system through things like government subsidized post-secondary education, universal health care, and progressive tax rates which allow them to keep a decent portion of their low income in those years. The money to pay for those things has to come from somewhere.