Why are surgeons paid more than brick layers?

[nadinbrzezinski]

160. You are going about it the wrong way

It is not the individual, but value systems.

That said, you are wrong if you think surgery is not a king of manual labor reduced to it's essence.

No, it is not done in the sun, there are good reasons for that, but it does require stamina.

But you are going about it the wrong way. My solution though, clutch your pearls, since it involves quite a bit of...European socialism. That means strict labor laws, which means brick layer does not work more than 40 hours a week, even less maybe, and residents...think of your apprentice brick layer, does not work 36/12 shifts.

Oh and salaries...just about the same middle class salary. If a surgeon would make more, just like the master tradesman, it involves rank in the profession.

Will this happen in the us? I don't expect to see this in my lifetime, short of a revolution in the culture, that so far values greed...but that is starting to change.