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What would you give to be in the 1 per cent?
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Jan. 10, 2012
I can’t help notice an often ignored yet crucial aspect of the income-inequality debate: sheer sacrifice… Generally speaking, the person who works 9 or 10 hours a day lives an entirely different sort of life than someone who’s life is, essentially, work – and that’s ultimately a big reason why one is paid less, and often far less, than the other… That’s what they get paid for, unlike those who get to sleep while others handle the problem – others, more to the point, who are expected to handle the problem. Whether they handle it well or not is another story
Tags: ideology, standard of living, tax
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