Ask Bing: I'm worth more than $28K a year (aka "Nobody owes anyone anything")

http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/07/magazines/fortune/stanleybing/_1107.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007110710



Hmm, most people want a reasonable wage so they can pay everything back. Last I recall, banks aren't going to care as long as they want their cut and the people who've worked hard for those degrees deserve a little more as well; which includes time to relax and learn other ventures as well.

Never mind how "might just do for free" could imply slavery, does it not? (Read the next paragraph; it talks about looking upward and drooling with anticipation. Most people these days would drool until they die of dehydration.)

Now a person newly graduated shouldn't be given a big salary. That's obvious. But those who take the time to learn the field to be good at it should deserve a little respect, surely?

Also, if the world's mindset truly is "nobody owes anyone anything", shouldn't the people who say that stop whining when they wonder why people take the "war on terror" so lightly and not enlist? Where is the difference between company and country?

or are they suggesting the students just forget about paying since THEY DON'T OWE ANYONE ANYTHING? :grr:

to pay back their loans and move out of their parents' house and into their own apartment - which seem pretty reasonable goals to me. I'm wondering if Stanley Bing is doing his job for free?

is he 'entitled' more than someone who's been working for decades at their jobs?

Maybe we ALL want what Stanley thinks he deserves.

I'll have to ask that in the lounge. A person I was overhearing at work today was talking about this person, a musician, and how he needed to get a "real job".

Also note - the pic of him on his website is him smoking something. I wonder if there's a hidden meaning to be found... like "What's he smoking to believe the stuff he prattles?"

Bing is a master of cynical snark. I used to read him regularly, but I lost track of him.

That's the end-point of progressive values. We're not even close to ready for that yet, but we ought to know what's down the road a few centuries. Keep your eye on the prize.

I'm an agnostic, but the Bible does have a few meaningful lessons. The first murderer asked, "am I my brother's keeper?" That's where evil got started.