Sherry Shaw wrote:
> Impossibly low.  I've been acquainted with too many people who make that 
> kind of money.  $364,657 is common-as-dirt doctor/lawyer income, not 
> filthy rich.

By the way, I think thinking fully 1% of the population should be 
"filthy rich" is a bad idea. I also think that this is typical selection 
bias.

How many patients do you think that doctor sees? Let's be generous, and 
say four a day, for 200 days a year. That's 800 patients, presumedly few 
who are themselves doctors.

How many health insurance adjusters are there for each doctor?

Walk into the big grocery store nearby. Look around. How many people 
shopping there do you think are making $400K a year?

Watch a movie. Look at the credits. How many people in the 5 minute 
scroll of names do you think are making as much money as the names in 
the first 30 seconds of the scroll?

It's not that you know lots of doctors. It's that you ignore all the 
poor people who you pass every day.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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