Not everyone can have those high paying jobs. In fact the system is rigged so they can't. Saying to educate yourself  and you'd be guaranteed a high paying job is simply wrong. If everyone got a degree then who would be left being customer service clerks at stores, or who would be the Pipe fitter, Plumber, even the 7-11 attendant.

And not everyone is created equal, I know that at 5'7 150lbs I'm not cut out to be a professional; basketball or football player and that applies to minds as well. Not everyone can be a doctor.
Keep in mind if everybody took  the time to become educated then who'd be left to perform work that you don't consider successful. You should try and remember the people YOU don't consider successful are the ones that keep most of society functioning. Next time your furnace stops working why don't you call a doctor or lawyer and have them fix it.

And to those who think 20 percent of the people pay 80 percent of the taxes keep in mind you have over 80% of the wealth