[random023987]

Life isn't a poker game.

You can't take the same rules from Vegas and apply them to health care and human rights.

[cabaalis]

It is, though. Your employer or your clients are risking their money for future gain. To make more money than they put into it, to be "richer."

[qmmmur]

Not only that, but the parent is disregarding the human capital put on the line. Time spent educating and specialising is the equivalent of a bet at times.