That's inaccurate, and completely out of line.
How so?
Let's take the example of a young person who becomes a Physician.
They not only work long hours, heal the sick, take on pro bono cases, but they are then pushed into a very high tax bracket. And probably carry very high student loans. All that hard work and debt and worry for what? They even put off having kids until their late 30s. When they marry, they marry another doctor or similarly skilled high wage earner. Now they both get hit by the marriage penalty. Again, a stable family carrying an even higher load. Then, on top of that, they are demagogued as not paying their fair share.
What is fair about that?
Its not. And its not out of line.
This is what awaits those with high ability who strive and follow the rules.
Add in how they were probably ostracized in school, or worse, for being smart. How they were ignored by public schools or worse.
So why strive? Why give a flip or even try if you are smart and ambitious? A smart kid will figure this contradiction out pretty quick.
I think this is a major source of the angst a lot of GT kids feel. Society as a whole sends a very mixed message on whether it is good or not to be smart and ambitious.
