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Reading Comprehension

10. Some actors and rock stars are paid almost 100 times as much per year as school teachers. Not to downgrade the role of entertainment in our lives, but these people are not the valuable social resource that educators are. As another example, professional athletes earn vastly more than the nation’s firefighters. Again, there is little doubt that the lower paid group contributes a more vital function to communities. Finally, dress designers, who can make up to $50,000 for a gown, far out-earn police officers, whose very presence makes our cities and towns livable.

Based on this passage, the earning power in our society:
a.) is subject to staggering inflation.
b.) does not relate to one’s usefulness in society.
c.) is highest among those whose achievements are the greatest.
d.) should be highest among actors and rock.

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