Why are we so obsessed with job salaries?

WAGES dictate standards of living. Be they low or high, wages affect all our lives. But as the wages of CEOs are called into question, personally, I ask, ‘do we really care’?

Why are we so obsessed with job salaries?

Yes, I understand that top-ups should be stopped, but, still, are we angry at these people because we’re secretly jealous?

It’s like professional sports stars. We moan that they are overpaid, while secretly wishing we had a quarter of what they have.

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