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PHYSICAL labor is practically unknown to the wealthy. Kissing butt--if you call that hard work--is.
This is the type of post that shows that some people just don't get it. I started mowing lawns when I was 10 years old. I worked in a burger shack from 15-17-years. I worked in an antifreeze bottling factory the first summer of college and worked as an airline baggage handler my second and third years. These were a means to an end. I did the manual labor, but did not aspire to have it as a career. My hat is off to and my respect is great for those who hold these kinds of positions. But, just as I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer, I also didn't want to work in a field requiring manual labor.
I've had a nice 6-figure salary until recently and I've been adamant about saving so, I guess, most might consider me wealthy, but many would not. I have telecommuted for large technology companies located out of state and was at my desktop between 7-7:30am each day and logged off at 5:30pm each day. By 6pm, I'd have my laptop by my side while getting dinner ready for my family and I'd log off around 10:30pm. I was a 100K flyer for 4 years and it was not uncommon for me to have to travel to another country on less than 24-hrs notice. On average, I've traveled about 25% of the time for the past 20-years.
Do I work harder than sanitation folks or the executive administrator or the HR person or the longshoreman? I can't compare the two. But did I work harder than those in similar occupations to mine? Absolutely!
Really? Standing on your feet and running around for 36 hours at a time...bending, stooping, reaching, pulling, cutting, sewing...unknown? 110 to 120 hour work weeks? Not physically demanding?
Every time I read a post of yours, I see how much further from reality you reside.
Sometimes the 'harder work' the wealthy do comes before the job you actually see them doing. The schooling, the training/practice, the risks, the connections/networking, etc. Plus, I think many times they treat their jobs as something other than just their job.
And do you actually make six figures doing that kind of work? No. The ones who WORK don't get paid well.
Well with government you never actualy get the reward of doing more business and getting more profits, But many government jobs how days have every good benefits compared to non-government. Mostly the pay has to do with the skill level;how much peop-le are willing to pay for your services and how easily your replaced. Since pretraining by college degrees is easier to get then even those are lessor paying in relation to tee past many times, Even the degree makes a huge difference.The wealthy are mostly people that took risk and found a demand for thier services.Most are not physical labor work but it often involves long hours and manytimes like being married to the job. I have several freinds that own their own business and always have. They still often work twelve hour days and 6 days a week. There is always the chance that they could lose their busness especailly those that have expanded and owe big bucks.Many of them have so much invested in their business that I guess you could say their business is their retirement account.
$100,000 a year is no where near wealthy to me. It isn't even much money now days.
Ah, but that's only because you're not living on $20K. It doesn't matter how much you actually make, it's how you spend that's more important.
If you were living on $100,000 a year, and suddenly got a $50K a year increase, would you start SAVING the $50K, or increase your standard of living? Because, obviously, you COULD live on just $100K a year.
By the same token, I'm doing just fine on $20K a year, so $100K is WEALTHY. It's five times my own income, and I'm doing just fine.
Ah, but that's only because you're not living on $20K. It doesn't matter how much you actually make, it's how you spend that's more important.
If you were living on $100,000 a year, and suddenly got a $50K a year increase, would you start SAVING the $50K, or increase your standard of living? Because, obviously, you COULD live on just $100K a year.
By the same token, I'm doing just fine on $20K a year, so $100K is WEALTHY. It's five times my own income, and I'm doing just fine.
Then if your happy, why throw stones??
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