Why hard work does not pay.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/LearnToBudget/WhyJoeSixPackCantGetAhead.aspx

The harder we work, the more we get taken from us. Very interesting.

If hard work paid off and made everyone rich, third world workers would rank as the world's richest people.

I learned in security how working overtime did not pay off at all. I was taxed differently once the OT kicked in.