> There shouldn't be a 100x factor between the lowest and highest salary. There's no degree of merit that should guarantee that privilege.
> Merit doesn't scale linearly, if I wanted to use your language, but there's no reason income should follow the same model.
Which is interesting, because it assumes pay is based on merit, but that it shouldn't necessarily mirror merit. I believe that's a consistent world view; but, to me at least, it's not obviously The One Correct View.
There shouldn't be a 100x difference in income between People.