Thread: Twinkie for your thoughts

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Not to start an argument with you, but what about surgeons?

A surgeon provides a very large economic value to a hospital or clinic. Peri-operative care is one of the most profitable things in medicine.

Now compare that surgeon to someone like an actor who gets paid millions to entertain for a living...
Why does the guy that can cut you open and put you back together get paid a fraction of what the guy who plays the role on TV gets paid?

The entertainer provides a larger economic value.