hmmm interesting discussion. I think what freepath is saying is that the really important things in life aren't work-related, but are things like family, pursuing our intellectual/social interests, etc. I agree with gneiss that people who work physically exhaustive 9-5 jobs come home and have time for whatever, but people at the very high end of the pay scale have just as much if not more leisure time.
Really, its true that someone has to drive a forklift, but to have a decent quality of life, you need to get paid more than minumum wage. No one except for teenagers should be paid 6 dollars an hour. And is Miley Cyrus really worth millions? Come on. I could care less what is deemed valuable to society, if thats how we base pay scales. Anyway, having a lot of dough won't make u happy but it will help.