It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way.
Don’t the top men in industry earn (36) salaries for the
services they perform to their (37) and their countries Pop
stars earn vast sums in foreign (38) often more than large
(39) concerns—and the taxman can only be (40)
for their massive annual contributions to the (41)
. So who would begrudge them their rewards It’s all
very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the successes and
(42) of others. People who make envious remarks should remember
that the most famous stars (43) only the tip of the iceberg.
For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a
living. (44) . He has chosen security and peace of mind, so
there will always be a limit to what he can earn. (45) . He
knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top.
He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete
failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high
indeed: (46) . That’s the essence of private
enterprise.