Some believe that people who do physical work should be paid on par with the people who have high level degree. Do you agree or disagree?

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Some people assume that unskilled
labors
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour
labours
should have the same level of income as those who has a college degree. I totally disagree with the notion because a diploma demands from a person years of education as well as investing money, time and mental efforts in order to complete it.
First
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, highly paid jobs as surgeons or entrepreneurs should be paid
accordingly
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because these professionals carry huge responsibility and their mistakes can cost lives or
multimillion
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businesses. Due to these reasons, they have to spend years of studying and practicing, while manual jobs do not need
this
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kind of effort.
Thus
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, it would be ridiculous to pay equal salaries to those who is putting a lot of efforts and resources in order to be able to perform their jobs and those who is not.
In addition
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, if physical workers would be paid on equal footing with qualified professionals,
latter
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the latter
would
lost
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lose
their motivation to pursue their positions.
As a result
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, the economy would be in urgent demand of professionals. As well as
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this, high education
Suggestion
higher education, this
this, higher education
is expensive and many graduates have
student’s
Suggestion
student
loans, which have to be paid off.
Consequently
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, their earnings should take into account their expenses.
For instance
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, I have spent 6 years for my degree and I would be discouraged and frustrated if it did not bring any compensation. In conclusion, the idea of equal
payment
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pay
for physical
labor
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour
and
high
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highly
-educated workers is not possible. In my opinion, skilled jobs should be rewarded higher compared with unqualified jobs, because they demand time, money and a lot of effort to be ready for them.
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