Poor CEOs cannot live on $500,000 a year

[bluestarultor]

Look, I'm not saying it's right or that I in any way agree, but I AM saying I can a least see why they're bitching. Nobody likes losing their standard of living.

Twiddy, your mother is living proof that America does offer social mobility, and that's something that everyone can be thankful for. She's earned it. But you can't tell me that people who have money to start with don't have a head start on making more, and I highly doubt that you mom has absolutely no connections now that she's in the professional world. I mean, obviously, she's not spending her time milking cows or harvesting corn, and while she might still have friends who are, those aren't the people who have the most bearing on her career. I'm willing to bet she has connections with other medical professionals now, be they doctors, pharmacists, or hospital management of some sort. In the business world, you have to shmooze at least a little.


Edit: P.S. I realize my little anecdote was on the extreme end. It was meant to be. Helps drive the point better. Trust me when I say I was considering making it far worse with things like cat food and a rat-infested hole of an apartment, but I figured that would just tick people off.