[dopamean]

My one off comment doesn't really do justice to how I actually feel about the issue. I'll explain. No one should feel obliged to work for less than what they're worth. This is something my wife and I talk about lot actually. I just have a strong distaste for the hyperbole used when someone does suggest that someone else work for less. Particularly, if the person being asked to give something up has so much to begin with.

To address your example about surgeons. Perhaps they wouldn't need to same amount of "wealth rewards" if somehow we made it cheaper for them to become surgeons in the first place? Could the cost of their training be addressed? Changes to how malpractice insurance works?