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To: RMF who wrote (37501)	9/30/2009 9:07:29 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"While it sounds egalitarian to say thy should be judged to be equal you have to admit that the economic loss to society and the family is greater when a person has demonstrated more worth." Apparently you think the loss of the poker player and the porn producer would be MORE of a loss to society. Society has made that judgement by allowing variances in earnings. Under advanced Obamanomics that will not be allowed to happen. Right now a poker player making $500k a year would get more than a doctor making $100k a year. Right now a doctor making $500k a year would get more than a poker player making $10k a year. So what is your point? Doctors on average make more than most gamblers. Most people would agree that doctors make a larger contribution to society. The cost to society of their loss would be greater. Yet you want them to be compensated less? As far as the teacher it is a great credit to society that the supply of people wanting to teach is great. The economic law of supply and demand keeps their earnings down. On a humanistic level the loss to each of their families is tragic and I morn for each person who is taken from their family.

To: RMF who wrote (37501)	10/1/2009 12:43:24 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

The issue isn't the loss to society. Society isn't getting compensated. If someone is disabled they are compensated, if they are killed their family is compensated. The value to the individual or to the family is what is lost and what is being compensated for. Well the estimated economic value, and sometimes some other forms of value. Emotional value is too subjective and would open up a huge can of worms X - "I should get 20x as much as other people because I really really loved Y", and such.