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> >>>>>"Justification for higher education"....
> >>>>>
> >>>>>In answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a
> >>>>>nerd?", I submit the following:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Michael Jordan will make over $300,000 a game: $10,000 a minute,
> >>>>>assuming he averages about 30 minutes per game.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Assuming $40 million in endorsements next year, he'll be making
> >>>>>$178,100 a day (working or not)!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Assuming he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night
> while
> >>>>>visions of sugarplums dance in his head.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make
> >>>>>$18,550 while he's there.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling
> >>>>>it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage (after the wage hike).
> He'll
> >>>>>make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take
> >>>>>him a whole 12 hours.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they
> >>>>>would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will
> be
> >>>>>'reimbursed' $33,390 for that round.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into his
> tax
> >>>>>deferred account (401k), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 for
> such
> >>>>>accounts at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st, 1997.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If you were given a tenth of a penny for every dollar he made,
> you'd
> >>>>>be living comfortably at $65,000 a year.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the
> >>>>>Olympics. He'll make about $15,600 while the Boston Marathon is
> being
> >>>>>run.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his
> trendy
> >>>>>Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Next year, he'll make more than twice as much as all of our past
> >>>>>presidents for all of their terms combined.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Amazing isn't it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>BUT:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>JORDAN WILL HAVE TO SAVE 100% OF HIS INCOME FOR 270 YEARS TO HAVE
> A
> >>>>>NET WORTH EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF BILL GATES.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>NERDS RULE!