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> [“Take this quiz. Would you rather earn $100,000 in an office where everyone gets paid $100,000, or $80,000 in an office where everyone earns $60,000? Most people choose the latter, preferring an advantage over their peers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/take-this-quiz-would-you-rather-earn-100-000-in-an-office-where/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

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> [“We prefer to earn more than our colleagues at work not because we are nasty and want to be envied, but because that is a signal that we have earned our keep. If everyone were paid the same, if everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/we-prefer-to-earn-more-than-our-colleagues-at-work-not-because-we-are/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

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## Other authors on Earn

## More by Todd G. Buchholz

> [Half of Americans look at the other half and say, they're too lazy or they're not willing to get up and go to school.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/half-of-americans-look-at-the-other-half-and-say-they-re-too-lazy-or/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [“Edenists will disdain busy working people. They will portray them as heartless robots of a soulless capitalist system. They don’t understand that most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/edenists-will-disdain-busy-working-people-they-will-portray-them-as/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [“This is another paradox of our era: as native-born people find themselves surrounded by foreign-born people, they become less likely to explore our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/this-is-another-paradox-of-our-era-as-native-born-people-find/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [“Self-control is tightly linked with imagining the future. If you can’t imagine the future, there’s no reason to exhibit any discipline or self-control.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/self-control-is-tightly-linked-with-imagining-the-future-if-you-can-t/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [Rich countries don't need as many children. We used to need kids to work in the fields as farm hands, to crawl on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/rich-countries-don-t-need-as-many-children-we-used-to-need-kids-to/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [We face a far greater risk of psychological depression than of economic recession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/we-face-a-far-greater-risk-of-psychological-depression-than-of/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [You know, throughout the world, throughout history, when countries get rich, they stop having kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/you-know-throughout-the-world-throughout-history-when-countries-get/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [We're prosperous enough that we can afford to have one in six able-bodied men of working age sitting at home playing video games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/we-re-prosperous-enough-that-we-can-afford-to-have-one-in-six-able/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [When Teddy Roosevelt was around, there was an Ottoman Empire. There was a Habsburg empire. They controlled millions of people across Africa, the Middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/when-teddy-roosevelt-was-around-there-was-an-ottoman-empire-there-was/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [“Take this quiz. Would you rather earn $100,000 in an office where everyone gets paid $100,000, or $80,000 in an office where everyone earns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/take-this-quiz-would-you-rather-earn-100-000-in-an-office-where/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [“We prefer to earn more than our colleagues at work not because we are nasty and want to be envied, but because that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/we-prefer-to-earn-more-than-our-colleagues-at-work-not-because-we-are/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [If you have waves of immigration, you better figure out a way to turn those immigrants into red-blooded Americans, or else you end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/if-you-have-waves-of-immigration-you-better-figure-out-a-way-to-turn/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [... in the future a typical factory will host three workers: a man, a computer and a dog. The computer will do all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/in-the-future-a-typical-factory-will-host-three-workers-a-man-a/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [It's a good thing we have immigrant doctors and immigrant engineers, because if you or I get sick this afternoon, we're going to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/it-s-a-good-thing-we-have-immigrant-doctors-and-immigrant-engineers/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

> [You need somebody to support the retirees. You need to pay into the pension plans. You need people to work at the hospitals, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-g-buchholz/you-need-somebody-to-support-the-retirees-you-need-to-pay-into-the/)

[Todd G. Buchholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-g-buchholz/)

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