It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Dont the top men in industry earnenormous salaries for the services they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop starsearn vast sums in foreign currency often more than large industrial concerns and the taxmancan only be grateful fro their massive annual contributions to the exchequer. So who wouldbegrudge them their rewards?
Its all very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the successes and rewards of others.People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent onlythe tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn aliving. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no rightto expect very high rewards. He has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be alimit to what he can earn. But a man who attempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. Heknows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows thatyears of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that therewards for success are very high indeed: they are the recompense for the huge risks involvedand if he achieves them, he has certainly earned them. Thats the essence of private enterprise.
1. The sentence Pop stars style of living was once the prerogative only of Royalty means
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