Can I assume you have neither spouse nor child? I'd argue that once those things come along you might disagree with your own statement. You could probably rep

Can I assume you have neither spouse nor child? I'd argue that once those things come along you might disagree with your own statement. You could probably rephrase it so I agreed with you, though: "People don't work because they want to support their boss's high standard of living, they work because they want to improve their own." Is that what you meant?