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I do like it on occasion yes, and those workers deserve a living wage. They don't deserve the luxuries of life that a doctor has, however.
Id agree the "hardness" of a job is difficult to quantify. A job where you sit at a computer all day but talk to people and run large projects to build houses or factories or anything like that, will pay more than a fast food person. They both are working, but it's different. Could the fast food employee design an electrical system for a food facility ? No. Could the electrical engineer work fast food? Almost definitely yes.
I see your position, but respectfully disagree. I appreciate that we may want to incentivize people to be doctors, but the gifts of civilization have been hard won by the labour of all workers over the years, and IMHO on paper should be available to all. It's not about deserving.
Now, in practice is a good doctor more likely to enjoy the charity of the community, and occupy a special status because of their critical role? Undoubtedly. IMHO in a world where creature comforts are guaranteed, these specials perks would be a huge boon.
And besides, I think most people only want lots of money because it helps insulate them from the ravages of our current system when they're old and unable to work. If we didn't have to worry about how to survive after our working years I think collecting excess wealth would have a lot less appeal.
PS. Personally I think there are enough people drawn to medicine that it wouldn't be hard to fill those spots with free education. But we may have to really incentivize people to work dirty jobs like sewage.
PPS. for incentives, maybe it's something like fewer weekly hours, or your time counts 1.5 to double towards your pension, so you can retire earlier.
I agree with you. You have my vote!
And yes, a lot of people tend to ignore that the crap jobs that need to be done wont get done without monetary incentive. So im glad you mentioned that point