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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:23 AM Original message |
CEO pay hikes double |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. and AWOL is against raising the $5.15 min. wage |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I Was Thinking About The Minimum Wage... |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. How about an inflation-adjusted minimum wage? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Inflation Could Be A Problem... |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Now that we're outsourcing jobs.. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. Abomination. Simply an abomination. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't agree. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The only shareholders with any power to affect |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Granted, but I still don't agree with salary caps. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. How about progressive taxation? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I feel it's contrary to the economic freedom this country is built on. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Why not? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. economic freedom assumes that the top echelons are playing |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That's an argument for stricter enforcement, not salary caps. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Sometimes the threat of one resolves the other. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Oh, we're talking politics now? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. snort |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I don't think it'd work. We'd be farther ahead dealing with the issues. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I call it... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Thank you! I think we are about to |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. How about social outrage? |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. "the Backlash Cometh" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. An "entitlement" is not a "right." |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. I do now. Cap those bastards' salaries, or at least tie their salaries to |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Why not? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. 10 times the pay of the lowest paid worker. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. What do you mean "a public one"? |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. That's not quite right. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "in a manner calculated to foster and promote free competitive enterprise" |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Read Adam Smith |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Smith isn't contradicted here. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. Yes |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Don't forget retirement and leave agreements. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Retirement programs are some of the largest shareholders, |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. That sounds like a good idea to me. They dont get a raise until their |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. A CEO Is Not Directly Responsible For The Income... |
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74dodgedart (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Its unethical for CEO's to recieve big pay increases |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. And we're about to give them tax credits as well |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Shareholders don't have all that much power. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Were CEOs criminally underpaid in '80 or were workers criminally overpaid? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. yes. an abominable contractual agreement |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Executive management are AGENTS of the owners. |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. Other top executives are given big bonuses for laying off and outsourcing |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. They can call themselves rich, but they can't call themselves |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Haven't you heard? The Demand for CEOs is quite high and Supply limitted! |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm ready, pitchfork in hand. |
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leQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. can someone explain why these people need tax cuts? |
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74dodgedart (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. How else can they afford Hum Vees and Private jets, etc etc |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. This is one of my main pet peeves. I think it is an outrage....n/t |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
22. It only stands to reason that the pace of Wealth Inequity in Amerika |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. EVERY American should become familiar with the Gini Index |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. Do the low and middle wage Republicans get it yet?? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. No, they are enslaved mentally by Goebbels v2.0 and all that entails |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
41. more people on food stamps than ever before...... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
42. Record bankruptcies and foreclosures, as well as rampant.... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. And I got a whompin' 2.01%....After a GLOWING review. |
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Nimrod (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. You and me both |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. I think the whole Percentage business |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Yes, it is. |
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stevebreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. We KNOW that CEO pay is only high because they earned it! |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. After all, they are holding up the sky. |
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