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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

David, I'm not going to quibble about relative values to society because eventually we'll start discussing the worth of ARod to society relative to his paycheck and we'll both get sick. All I will tell you is that I started working in 1990 at 25K per year after turning down countless jobs for nearly 4x as much simply because I wanted to learn more and felt that the much lower paying job would be a better environment for that. And now I have my own firm, pay monthly health insurance for 6 people and if the phone does not ring I do not earn any income. My point is that no one gives me a paycheck and I have no guarantees that the phone will ring next month. I took a chance -- with no safety net below me -- and succeeded. Often in life the biggest risks come with the biggest rewards.

And while I'm sure you work very hard, let me know the next time you're standing in front of a jury defending someone in a death penalty case where if you lose your client may lose his life. I suspect your pressures don't equal mine.