I’m not sure what you mean by “excel you” but I’m not going to criticize your word usage because you might interpret that as a form of elitism.

Nevertheless, I know that I will never be able to play golf as well as Tiger Woods and I admire his talent and accomplishment. I understand why he makes so much money.

I’m not sure that most people are compensated for what they “are worth” because most people have no exceptional talents or abilities. Most people are by definition average. In most areas of endeavor they are easily replaced by others of equal ability. I do believe that people should be able to earn a decent living wage because most can’t survive without working for some entity.

I also realize that I have been more fortunate than most and although I don’t like paying taxes I realize that I can afford to pay more than someone who is not as well situated. Rewarding success does not mean that almost all of the wealth should be concentrated in only a very small segment of the society while others are struggling.

Also, many people who obtain the most rewards in this society haven’t done anything other than being born. We have never operated on a purely merit system. It is a misrepresentation to say that we do. We also don’t reward the people who deserve monetary rewards most.

You’re taking a very simplistic view of how wealth works in this society and trying to support an ideology based on that simplistic view. Reality is a lot more complex and our ethical system develops constantly based on a more honest evaluation of how things actually are.

I admire success when all can feel such in their own way and none is hurting. Riches are fine as long as it was accomplished the right way. I do not see such was done in such way. I see many who have so much took and used the little guys to get there success through evil of stealing hard working taxpayers money as their families had suffered and struggled to make it and got knocked down every time they tried to climb higher. The ghetto as you speak of would not be such if people of your kind did not put them there and remember they are not the muggers who steal from the rich it is the rich who had stolen from the poor, very poor and middle class to get where you all are at. Your kind never cared if their children ate,lived or died as long as it wasn’t your own.

i aspire towards them

They achieved the American Dream. This country is based on free enterprise and entrepreneurship and they took full advantage of it. God Bless Em.

those who “work” for what they have, deserve every penny they have..

I’m happy for people who achieve a great deal on their own merits as long as they come by their success ethically.

I have to laugh at one of the poster above as they mention it is an exploitation of labor… yet, as Americans we are paid more than most and are the richest society in the world… even our homeless don’t starve… yet it is the left that wants to say that the people are mistreated here in America…

What a crock of dung… Little do they realize that everyone is equal here and there are those that strive for more and achieve it and there are those who don’t and well don’t. Its also safe to say that most that strive for more have failed, but pick themselves back up and try again.

Its not how many times you fall, its how many times you pick yourself back up…

I applaud people for their success so long as they have come by their position and wealth honestly. I do not covet the money, fame or accomplishments of others. I do believe that the United States is a country of infinite opportunity for those willing to apply themselves to the goals of hard work,education, self reliance, personal responsibility and the quest for excellence in all endeavors.

They’re genetically superior.

OK. Enough with the Republican idea on how wealth creation works.

Obviously, if someone excels me in wealth creation, it’s because of practice, hard work, and the result of them having many failures before they succeeded.

I’m jealous of them. I try to watch what they do and how they do it, so that I may achieve the same level of success.

St. Etienne, a free person cannot be exploited. If you have the choice to work or not, to accept a salary/wage or not, you make that decision yourself. If you don’t like that decision, you have only yourself to blame.

Justm, who are you to determine what is worthwhile? Don’t you think that the people with whom someone does business is more capable, and justified, of determining the relative value of his product or service? That’s how a free society works. I offer a product or service at X price, and those who value that product or service more than X dollars partake.