Comments on: Todd Henderson http://archive.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/09/u-of-c-law-professor-stops-blogging-after-outcry.html/todd-henderson Chicago business news, as it happens. Managed by the Tribune's business editors, ChicagoBreakingBusiness.com features news about Chicago companies and important economic events as fast as we hear about it. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://archive.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/09/u-of-c-law-professor-stops-blogging-after-outcry.html/todd-henderson/comment-page-1#comment-20621 Lauren Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:07:48 +0000 http://archive.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/files/2010/09/Todd-Henderson.jpg#comment-20621 Does anyone dispute that someone highly educated, with years of experience, who is successful in a competitive field and in a major city, should earn at least 5x the median individual income in the United States? I can tell you this: without a meaningful earnings disparity, I would not have gone to graduate school, built a career, foregone time with my family, employed people to help me (which enabled them to educate their children), and contributed half of what I earn every year to the Federal, state and local systems. Does that make ME a parasite? Be careful what you wish for: if you are a small business owner in a resort town, a contractor who fixes up kitchens, a social worker helping undernourished children, a bureaucrat, a hairdresser, an artist, a factory worker, a farmer, a pilates instructor, a professor, a software engineer, an uninsured patient .... guess what? High earners support you and subsidize you. Why do you despise them? Be careful what you wish for: Does anyone dispute that someone highly educated, with years of experience, who is successful in a competitive field and in a major city, should earn at least 5x the median individual income in the United States? I can tell you this: without a meaningful earnings disparity, I would not have gone to graduate school, built a career, foregone time with my family, employed people to help me (which enabled them to educate their children), and contributed half of what I earn every year to the Federal, state and local systems. Does that make ME a parasite?

Be careful what you wish for: if you are a small business owner in a resort town, a contractor who fixes up kitchens, a social worker helping undernourished children, a bureaucrat, a hairdresser, an artist, a factory worker, a farmer, a pilates instructor, a professor, a software engineer, an uninsured patient …. guess what? High earners support you and subsidize you. Why do you despise them?

Be careful what you wish for:

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