Do celebrities deserve their multi-million dollar salaries?

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  Posted by Spam I Am Thu Apr 9, 2009 11:22pm PDT

  They deserve...whatever the market decides to pay them.

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  Posted by phinka Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:34am PDT

  I think there should have been a cap put on entertainment salaries long ago. There are many actors, models, singers, and pro jocks that I like but I think that 30, 40, 100 million, etc. per year should not be. There are many hardworking people outside entertainment that make well below 100,000 per year and many live in poverty in this country. This imbalance seems sort of victorian to me somehow.....

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  Posted by Jett Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:56am PDT

  This is an odd list — why does Tyler Perry make so much?

  This has been a topic of controversy for decades, and it isn't going anywhere. No, baseball players or movie stars are not more deserving of multi million dollar salaries that the rest of us are, but, you know what? IT'S NEVER GOING TO CHANGE. We in this nation reward the beautiful and the talented and overlook everyone else. I don't agree with it, but that's how it is.

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  Posted by Jett Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:58am PDT

  Lenssavvy13 — The more our society thinks the way you do, the more socialized we'll be. I'm not berating you, I'm just stating fact. We democrats and republicans are SO, SO afraid of socialism. I don't think what you suggest will ever happen.

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  Posted by Jett Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:00am PDT

  And who the heck is Danica Patrick?

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  Posted by springtime Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:38am PDT

  Danica Patrick is a young race car driver who is always having altercations with other drivers.

  As long as we are willing to use our money to see their movies or hear their concerts or watch them swing a bat, nothing will change. At least more of them are now supporting good causes like Unicef and other charitable organizations. I just don't like it when they start spouting their political beliefs.

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  Posted by rockin' mom Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:13am PDT

  You've got to be kidding. I think it's sad that they make so much money while there are so many poor people out there who are just as talented...just not as lucky. I know that they work hard for their money, but really...acting gets you 25 mil? That's a little excessive. I'm not saying they should share their wealth or whatever..I just think that it's crazy for ANYONE to make that much money.

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  Posted by anything Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:44am PDT

  OK, this is what they made last year... Do they deserve it? No. It is you.. the people that actually have to work hard and complain about it.. that support them, that give them the money, when you don't have much for yourselves :O

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  Posted by opiniononly Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:15am PDT

  I'd love to know what amount each paid in taxes as compared to their income. Research anyone?

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  Posted by Doktor Eevol Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:05pm PDT

  I don't think anyone *deserves* to make gross amounts of money, in the millions. There seems to be this idiotic assumption that they've worked and earned the huge amounts of money they made. However, in our modern lifestyle, people have a pretty screwed up idea of what hard work really is. Most people, not famous, who make huge amounts of money are just sitting behind laptops shuffling stocks or some other form of digital assets around. That's not exactly comparable to shoveling concrete or having the precision and focus to save someone's life during a twelve hour surgery.

  I'm sure singing or being a political blowhard takes a modicum of effort, but I don't believe for one second that these people *deserve* gross amounts of compensation for their efforts alone. I don't think they deserve overcompensation for fame either. However, this is a perfect example of where our country's values really come from. We value people who are beautiful and entertaining, we don't value people who really work or make society a better place.

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