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In reply to the discussion: How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)when I made $5.40 an hour at a factory, one that paid piece rate, I had a welder tell me he made $10 an hour.
But, he added "I bust my a$$ for that".
And I thought, well you always have the option of relaxing a little bit and still making $9 an hour which is 167% of what I make.
The GP who makes $170,000 a year has the option, do they not, of spending a little bit more time with their patients, and still making, say $140,000 a year.
Well, they would, I guess, if anybody could actually live on a mere $140,000 a year.
If they don't do so, then they basically seem to be saying "another $30,000 a year in income is more important to me than the health of my patients".
But hey, considering that I would clean puke out of a drinking found or excrement off of a wall for $30,000 a year, who am I to criticize?