There was two starting questions: (1) Are you jealous and (2) Do providers earn more than their clients (notice the question marks at the end of each questions at the first post). But right after the discussion about the second topic starts, some SPs, instead of either participating or not participating in respectful discussion, jump in trying to close this discussion ("not your business"), claim that they know better but do not want to listen to clients' arguments and suggestions and do not provide an arguments and facts to support their position (except for Ali), and, finally, side-railed into discussion about "high vs. low fees"
No SP still provided any arguments against these points:
1) Agency girl can easily have 4 hours of clients in 8 hour shift getting paid $160 per hour net (no expenses)
2) Full time is 5 days a week with generous 8 weeks a year vacation/holiday (i.e., 48 total work weeks)
3) (1) & (2) gives $153,600 net a year
4) If indi cannot make $150,000 net (after all expenses) per year, why they work as indi and not for an agency? If they chose to worlas indi, it means one or more of (a) they do not work ful time (b) indi work is less demanding than agency girl work or (c) their business is not run efficiently or (d) The indi model of business is not efficient as a class
And do not give me a BS that 4 hours of clients per day 5 days a week 10 month a year is too hard and emotionally stressful. Of course it is hard and stressful - it is part of the job (this is why it is a job for SPs, not a hobby) This is why SPs are paid so well without having to get a degree first.