Originally Posted by
cbire880
Those people who live in those neighborhoods probably don't have college degrees and tens of thousands of dollars of specialized training. I'm willing to bet that they would not continue to live in those neighborhoods if they obtained the above education. Aside from that, I do agree that $40k is enough money to live in most areas of this country. The contention is not that we are underpaid relative to the median household income in the country, its that we are underpaid for the level of investment in our skill set.
You would be surprised at the amont of these people that actually do posses college educations, or specialized skills. In the long run we will all at least double our investment. Im sure I will triple my investment in my lifetime at the absolute least, and thats if I went back to flight instructing full time. The problem is we dont make our investment back quick enough, patience and persistence is what we lack in this country, one of the reasons we are in a recession now.