Yes, the trash truck driver provides less value than Microsoft. I'm assuming your saying the trash truck driver may be more of a necessity than Microsoft, but that doesn't mean he's more valuable. The reason trash truck drivers aren't paid as much is because there is labor competition. If people absolutely despised being a trash truck driver you would see their weekly pay go up a lot because its necessary to take out the trash and there would be less people wanting to do it.You might like that actually. Think about this: what is the value to our society from waste collection and disposal? Does the guy who comes to your house and dumps your trash in a truck and drives it off provide less value to you than Microsoft?
My answer is not necessarily "no", but "not really", and I believe that social and economic status should reflect that to some degree.
It's necessary that I eat. Does that mean the price of food should be 100 times as much as it is? It would be if no one wanted to grow, distribute, and sell it, I'm sure that would be the case.



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