Many famous entertainers and athletes such as Lady Gaga, Shakira, Leonel Messi, Justin Bieber, and Jefferson Farfán earn millions of dollars every year.
Do you think they deserve to earn those salaries? Why? Give reasons and examples to support your answer.
In the following web pages, you will find information about the highest paid soccer players and entertainers in the world. It is advisable that you read the information to have facts to support your arguments:
http://www.therichest.org/sports/highest-paid-football-players/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/highest-paid-actors-actresses-2010_n_916237.html
Some people say that these celebrities are overpaid and do not deserve such high salaries for what they do. On the other hand, others believe that the celebrities deserve it. I agree with the latter opinion because people have the right to earn as much money as they can as long as they do it legally, and because celebrities are paid what the market for their skills bring.
ReplyDeleteI disagree, nowadays technological advances and the science help people to have better possibilities to afford different situations that today’s world demands, therefore, young people develops their technological, social, psychological and cultural skills an a better performance and they can teach older people. Besides, they can teach not only cognitively, but, they can teach them with their lifestyle to be proactive people.
ReplyDeleteI think they deserve it because they make an effort to be famous. They weren’t born this way and everyone can earn that amount of money if they wish. However, people are conformist most of the time and don’t like to take risks, so there is no reason to be envious of famous people because common people do not want to succeed.
ReplyDeleteThere is much disagreement over whether many famous people deserve to earn million of dollar every year.It true that many famous celebrities earn a lot millions of dollars every years than the common people.Nonetheless,I believe that they are not the only one who benefit with it.For instance, addition to providing entertainment, they create a lot work around this;besides, some of them are good role models for us.
ReplyDeleteI totally disagree with this statement because these people know what they do and they do it so well, so that they have to be well paid for that. Besides many people around the whole world enjoy a lot by seeing what these famous people do. Furthermore, many would like to get a good salary by doing the things in a correct way and that is what these people do, in other words if you do something well, you should be well rewarded for that, so honestly speaking I do not see any problem of it. However, there many people who still do not agree with this and say that they do not deserve to earn what they earn, which I do not consider fair. For instance I would like to get a high salary if know that what I do is so much better than others do. To sum up, everybody deserves the opportunity to earn more as a result of doing the things correctly.
ReplyDeleteI do not think famous people deserve to earn that amounts of money. There are more people who work harder for less payment just because they do not have the abilities that famous people have. Besides, famous people who earn millions of dollars only give us entertainment; however, common people who offer us education, security, good health, services do not earn a fair amount of money.
ReplyDeleteThere are famous entertainers and athletes who earn millions of dollars every year. Do they deserve to earn those salaries? I do not want to judge what they are doing with their money, or if they deserve earn those salaries or not. Besides, "To whom God gave it, Saint Peter may bless it", but I would like to send them the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCPY6n8t-R8&feature=related. We know that there are many people who are dying of hunger. For example, in Africa a child dies every three seconds from AIDS or extreme poverty, often before their fifth birthday. It is true that we would all like to earn that much money, but I only know that if I could earn that much money I would like to help the African people. If it is true that we are all children of the same Father, would not our Father like that his sons who have so much money help those who have nothing?
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I agree with this statement. Nowadays there are hundreds of people that cannot accept that famous people earn much more money that professional people. In fact, what they always say is that celebrities and athletes earn money easily without making any effort. However, I strongly believe that celebrities deserve it. It is clear that not everybody have the same capability to do what they can do. Many of them are pretty good at singing. Others can act and dance and others such as Rafael Nadal, Juan Manuel Vargas or Jefferson farfan are excellent athletes. For that reason, due to their popularity, there are millions of people who want to see them. Many of them act in different movies. Without any doubt, it generates job for many people such as writers, directors, producers, cookers among others it is for that reason why i agree that famous people should earn the amount of money that they earn.
ReplyDeleteI totally disagree with this statement. It is undeniable the great talent that some actors, soccer players, singers and other artists have; however, the amount of money they earn is too much. For example, David Beckham who earns $40 million per year is the higgest paid-footballer worldwide. Can you imagine all the food that would be bought with that money? A lot of malnourished children may be better fed. They may also have the opportunity to study. There would be more hospitals, more schools. Nonetheless, entertainment companies prefer to spend great amounts of money in celebrities’ salaries.
ReplyDeleteI disagree that many famous entertainers and athletes earns millions of dollars. I do not think that they deserve this money because their occupations are easier than other jobs. For instance, police officers, firefighters, and people, who work as operators, spend a lot of time of their lives facing several problems and helping people. I do not know why people do not recognize their jobs. Society perfer to give importance to famous people because it consider that famous people are not common and they are funny. It is necesary that educators and parents change children´s minds to begin to value and recognize people who really works and contributes to the development of society.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with this statement, I think that these famous people deserve to earn those amounts of money because they have worked so hard to get their money. For example, Brad Pitt had various occasional jobs, spending some time as a chauffeur and dressing up as El Pollo Loco to pay for acting lessons. After years of supporting roles in movies and frequent television guest appearances, broader public recognition came for Pitt with his supporting role in the film Thelma & Louise. Now he earns $23,000,000 per year. It means $1,916,667 per month, $479,167 per week or $95,833.33 per day. Thus, it was not easy for him to reach this status of life. He was not conformist, he kept working to achieve their goals. And also, he helps poor people. This year his foundation donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders. In Peru, there are many people who earn less than minimum wage, but they do not do anything to get out of it. If teachers or police officers do not earn enough, they should continue studying another career or studying another language in order to earn more. So, you can have whatever you want if you really want it.
ReplyDeleteI disagree; they deserve to earn those salaries, because famous people like singers, actors and actresses give us entertainment through Art. Soccer players show us their skills through this sport, but their contribution to society is not as important as doctors’ job, or firefighters’ job that all the time sacrifice their lives for saving other people. As well, school teachers who dedicate to their lives training people, or the priest who is dedicated to lead others toward God. These professionals should receive a better salary, as a reward to their work that responds to their vocation focused on the intrinsic value of person. On the other hand, famous people earn so much money that makes them lose the sense of happiness. We know that Happiness has to deal with spiritual values.
ReplyDeleteI do not think they deserve to earn those salaries. On the one hand, they are not paid millions because of their acting skills, they are paid millions because they can guarantee a certain number of people who will pay to watch the film. For instance, the last Die Hard film, do you think anybody would go watch it if Bruce Willis was not in it? But the studio hires him, gives him 20 million, and he brings a few hundred million fans to the theatres, thus making the producer a few hundred million bucks. On the other hand, it is just ridiculos how famous people get paid millions for doing a naked pose for a magazine meanwhile doctors and nurses are suffering because of the stress they go through trying to save someones life. ITS JUST RIDICULOUS! I totally disagree with this statement.
ReplyDeleteI guess that this is something that even though is not fair, it is true. I totally disagree, there are many professionals that perform activities that are useful for the society. Those famous people are just a product of television, internet or organizations that just want to earn money; these organizations want to make people not worry about the problems that the world is facing.
ReplyDeleteWe have to realize that there are people that die every day, people that do not have house, and children that cannot go to school. These are terrible problems and the solutions of them are really difficult because there is not the enough money to help those people, but there are a lot of money to pay those ridiculous salaries to people that not contributes to the global developing.
The arguments that say that say that the responsibility of solving those problems are not belong to those famous people but i consider that they can help using a part of their salaries for doing activities to try to improve the life conditions of those people.
I agree that famous entertainers and athletes should earn big salaries because their talent is always appreciated and it plays an essential role in our everyday’s life. We need relax, watching TV with our favorite TV stars or favorite football players. Furthermore, entertainment is one of the best ways to eliminate stress, tension and leave all troubles behind. For example, I cannot stay home all day long without watching television, so I believe that famous athletes and entertainers have such high salaries because we need them, they like doctors for our minds and souls. Scientists say that people usually spend the same amount of money for their food and entertainment. I think this fact tells a lot.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the idea that these famous people should earn those salaries because becoming famous is like sell their lives. When they become famous and start earning these salaries, they lost their privacy. Consequently, they cannot do all the things that they could do if they were not famous. For instance, if they go outside to walk, have some relax, and think or go outside to a nightclub with their friends, they might be recognize by someone in the street or in the nightclub and could not enjoy the moment as they would want. This is the reason why I think it is fair that these people earn a lot of money.
ReplyDeleteI totally disagree that famous people earn great amounts of money. If some people say that famous people deserve those salaries because they lose their privacy, so it will be the same in the case of doctors, nurses, firefighters,etc; since these professionals lose more than just their privacy; they have to work long hours in order to save people'lives. They either can spend enough time with their loved ones because of their jobs. However, this is not the point, since both famous people and other professionals like nurses, or firefighters chose their professions considering the pros and cons; the point is that it should not be said that famous people deserve to earn high amounts of money because they lose their privacy. I believe that is not a logic reason.
ReplyDeleteI think they deserve it, because most of them have struggled to become famous. For example, many actors must be prepared to play a role , and this process includes studies and physical training in some cases. Not only that, but also famous people must have a lot of talent and charisma to entertain a large number of people. I think it is not an easy task.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think they deserve to earn such amounts of money because being an artist is a whole business, which involves the payment for the representatives, makeup, dancers, and other expenses. Other reason I have is that the kind of life they have to carry is hard in some aspects. For instance, since they become a public figure and an image model , they are all the time exposed to the violation of their privacy. In brief, I think it is fair that soccer players and entertainers in the world earn those salaries because most of them are really talented and also invest time and effort to get where they are.
I agree that famous people deserved to earn a lot of money because people have the right to earn as much as thet can as long they do it legally and they work really hard in order to be where they are now. Not only celebrities earn a lot of money, lawyers, doctors, arquitecties , too. Other reason, entertaiment is a busines. For example, when Paul Mccartney came to Peru, many people pay a lot of money for see him just for one hour and a hald , as a consequence, the entire city receive economics benefits. In sume, celebrities and athletes deserve to earn those salaries because of thei effort and talent
ReplyDeleteI think that famous people deserve those millions dolars, because they earn it with their work and It's legal. Famous people have also business in the world. Furthermore the majority of them have foundation that helps poor people. For example David Beckham has his foundation that helps poor people from africa.
ReplyDeleteSome famous athletes and entertainers earn plenty of money every year. In my opinion actually the difference between rich and poor is becoming larger and larger. It's hard for me to think that some persons could deserve to earn millions of dollars when other one, maybe with their same talent but not the same chances, have not enough money to live a normal life. If these athletes and entertainers would spend a small part of their millions to help poor people, I think they would earn more popularity too.
ReplyDeleteI totally disagree that many famous people deserve to earn millons of dollars per year. I strongly believe that they do not deserve it for many reasons. Nevertheless they have a job that demands a lot of time and preparation, I think that there are people that deserve to earn this money because they have risky jobs. For example, doctors, nurses, firefighters and also teachers they have the patience to teach other. Moreover they spend years studing for their careers and making an effort during their studies. For the society is more important famous people because they are well-known over the world and they forget about these common people that is very important too. We have to reconize the effort that make the doctor, police officers, etc. because they helps us in one moment of our life and also we depend on them at any moment.
ReplyDeleteAlso people in favor claim that entertainment is a business and that they bring millions, over billions, into economy. This might be true but we all make economy increasy or dicreasy. We all work in differents companies all over the world that are part of the economy world. There not famous people that brings a lot of money into the country. For instance, chess player, writers, business people, etc.
Even though many believe that entertainers and athletes are over payed and all that money spent have a better, more productive use; I am totally convinced that they deserve to earn those high salaries. Most of them are our favorite soccer players and singers that work hard to make money by performing a show of sport, skill, strategy and hard core competition. It takes a great deal of strength and training to become a professional. Furthermore, opponents claim that all the money spent on paying the over rated famous people should be spent on developing programs for gifted kids or on feeding the hungry. However, some of them are also a good example of how a life without drugs or delinquency can lead to a good life. Sportsmen, for example, are very important because they teach kids kids about team work and how to be healthy. Therefore, sportsmen can be a positive role model.
ReplyDeleteOpponents may also claim that famous people are party animals and they spend all their money on luxuries. Even though this is true for all careers out there. There are good professionals in every area and bad professionals as well. It all depends on the family ethics and how the kid was raised. Besides most famous come from humble families and they tend to give back to their community.
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