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Jobs in medical specialties *are* effectively union-protected. The unions are the boards that define the residency quotas.

Opthalmologists should make a good income. But their income is paid by the rest of us, directly or indirectly. There is no good reason why we should pay them four times what we pay (for example) a pediatrician or ten times what we pay a veterinarian.

Many more people have or had the ability to be an opthalmic surgeon than to be a Nobel prize winner. But our society pays the opthalmic surgeon many times more. I’m not actually personally upset about this. Hey, maybe my spouse is a surgeon–you don’t know. I just think it is irrational and inefficient, and the more other people know about this, the more likely it is to change eventually.

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Jobs in medical specialties *are* effectively union-protected. The unions are the boards that define the residency quotas.

Opthalmologists should make a good income. But their income is paid by the rest of us, directly or indirectly. There is no good reason why we should pay them four times what we pay (for example) a pediatrician or ten times what we pay a veterinarian.

Many more people have or had the ability to be an opthalmic surgeon than to be a Nobel prize winner. But our society pays the opthalmic surgeon many times more. I’m not actually personally upset about this. Hey, maybe my spouse is a surgeon–you don’t know. I just think it is irrational and inefficient, and the more other people know about this, the more likely it is to change eventually.

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Dr. Schanzlin earned $793,000 in 2008 from UCSD. He may well have had extra consulting income from drug companies, teaching off-campus, expert witness work, and more.

Physician incomes are outrageous compared to those of other professionals with similar education, ability, and working conditions. To be a regular UCSD professor (median income $100,000), you have to be in the top few % of PhDs nationwide. To be a UCSD physician, you have to be in the top 100% of your med school class and residency program.

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Dr. Schanzlin earned $793,000 in 2008 from UCSD. He may well have had extra consulting income from drug companies, teaching off-campus, expert witness work, and more.

Physician incomes are outrageous compared to those of other professionals with similar education, ability, and working conditions. To be a regular UCSD professor (median income $100,000), you have to be in the top few % of PhDs nationwide. To be a UCSD physician, you have to be in the top 100% of your med school class and residency program.

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Dr. Schanzlin earned $793,000 in 2008 from UCSD. He may well have had extra consulting income from drug companies, teaching off-campus, expert witness work, and more.

Physician incomes are outrageous compared to those of other professionals with similar education, ability, and working conditions. To be a regular UCSD professor (median income $100,000), you have to be in the top few % of PhDs nationwide. To be a UCSD physician, you have to be in the top 100% of your med school class and residency program.

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Dr. Schanzlin earned $793,000 in 2008 from UCSD. He may well have had extra consulting income from drug companies, teaching off-campus, expert witness work, and more.

Physician incomes are outrageous compared to those of other professionals with similar education, ability, and working conditions. To be a regular UCSD professor (median income $100,000), you have to be in the top few % of PhDs nationwide. To be a UCSD physician, you have to be in the top 100% of your med school class and residency program.

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Dr. Schanzlin earned $793,000 in 2008 from UCSD. He may well have had extra consulting income from drug companies, teaching off-campus, expert witness work, and more.

Physician incomes are outrageous compared to those of other professionals with similar education, ability, and working conditions. To be a regular UCSD professor (median income $100,000), you have to be in the top few % of PhDs nationwide. To be a UCSD physician, you have to be in the top 100% of your med school class and residency program.

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Interesting house. For pix and details see http://www.redfin.com/CA/La-Jolla/Undisclosed-address-92037/home/5135949

It looks like it hasn’t been improved since being built in 1975. The lot is big but taken up by a tennis court. The house is 3072 sqft but 800 of that is one cavernous family room. The location is a couple of houses from 92109, on a through street, with little view if any. Judging from the photos, the selling agent was bad at marketing

I’d say this house was a bargain for the purchaser, but only if s/he happens to like it the way it is now.

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Interesting house. For pix and details see http://www.redfin.com/CA/La-Jolla/Undisclosed-address-92037/home/5135949

It looks like it hasn’t been improved since being built in 1975. The lot is big but taken up by a tennis court. The house is 3072 sqft but 800 of that is one cavernous family room. The location is a couple of houses from 92109, on a through street, with little view if any. Judging from the photos, the selling agent was bad at marketing

I’d say this house was a bargain for the purchaser, but only if s/he happens to like it the way it is now.

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Interesting house. For pix and details see http://www.redfin.com/CA/La-Jolla/Undisclosed-address-92037/home/5135949

It looks like it hasn’t been improved since being built in 1975. The lot is big but taken up by a tennis court. The house is 3072 sqft but 800 of that is one cavernous family room. The location is a couple of houses from 92109, on a through street, with little view if any. Judging from the photos, the selling agent was bad at marketing

I’d say this house was a bargain for the purchaser, but only if s/he happens to like it the way it is now.

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Interesting house. For pix and details see http://www.redfin.com/CA/La-Jolla/Undisclosed-address-92037/home/5135949

It looks like it hasn’t been improved since being built in 1975. The lot is big but taken up by a tennis court. The house is 3072 sqft but 800 of that is one cavernous family room. The location is a couple of houses from 92109, on a through street, with little view if any. Judging from the photos, the selling agent was bad at marketing

I’d say this house was a bargain for the purchaser, but only if s/he happens to like it the way it is now.

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Interesting house. For pix and details see http://www.redfin.com/CA/La-Jolla/Undisclosed-address-92037/home/5135949

It looks like it hasn’t been improved since being built in 1975. The lot is big but taken up by a tennis court. The house is 3072 sqft but 800 of that is one cavernous family room. The location is a couple of houses from 92109, on a through street, with little view if any. Judging from the photos, the selling agent was bad at marketing

I’d say this house was a bargain for the purchaser, but only if s/he happens to like it the way it is now.

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I disagree that construction quality is lower now. The building codes have become ever tougher over the past 50 years. I’ve lived in a 60s house and a 70s house in San Diego. The 70s house is clearly more earthquake-resistant, has safer wiring, and more. When we remodeled, the current building codes required insulation, double-glazed windows, and other features that were missing in the 70s.

The same is true in other parts of the US also. A Florida house built now is considerably more hurricane-resistant than a 10 year old one.

And the same is true if you compare a new condo downtown to one that was converted from a bulding built to decades-old standards.

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I disagree that construction quality is lower now. The building codes have become ever tougher over the past 50 years. I’ve lived in a 60s house and a 70s house in San Diego. The 70s house is clearly more earthquake-resistant, has safer wiring, and more. When we remodeled, the current building codes required insulation, double-glazed windows, and other features that were missing in the 70s.

The same is true in other parts of the US also. A Florida house built now is considerably more hurricane-resistant than a 10 year old one.

And the same is true if you compare a new condo downtown to one that was converted from a bulding built to decades-old standards.

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I disagree that construction quality is lower now. The building codes have become ever tougher over the past 50 years. I’ve lived in a 60s house and a 70s house in San Diego. The 70s house is clearly more earthquake-resistant, has safer wiring, and more. When we remodeled, the current building codes required insulation, double-glazed windows, and other features that were missing in the 70s.

The same is true in other parts of the US also. A Florida house built now is considerably more hurricane-resistant than a 10 year old one.

And the same is true if you compare a new condo downtown to one that was converted from a bulding built to decades-old standards.

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