Un friggin' real...

[SixAngryStrings]

Yep... Huge difference between a CEO of a successful corporation gettin' rich VS a politician.

 

[mgenet]

So tell me again why the 99% are so pissed off?
I can't remember...

 

[Blues4U]

How much is enough? Some of you just don't get it.

Who are YOU to decide how much is enough for whom?

You are a Union Journeyman Lineman---You make a wage double to most non union linemen--

Do you want THEM determining if YOU work hard enough or earned the money you are being paid?

I am not saying I agree with a shithead being paid 100Mil to leave, but he negotiated a deal with somebody--If that somebody still works for this company--he or she should be fired--BUT, I would assume they have the same sort of deal--

Any person trying to put a cap on earnings for a company or industry they are not in control of, is beyond a slippery slope--

I know plenty of people that physically work harder every day than I do----I could and have and have done like jobs, I have a skill set now days, that is in demand and I work hard, but in a different manner--

in other words--I could do most of the harder physically demanding jobs, most of the people doing these jobs, couldn't do what I do, without half a lifetime worth of knowledge in a trade/industry--

Should I allow people determine if I should make what I make? Even though they most likely, could not perform my job duties adequately?

CEO and executive pay rates are completely out of hand---BUT somebody is allowing it to happen, and it isn't the government's business -- If these companies are foolish enough to take federal money and bailouts--I hope they get it stuck in their butts--

I think if you want to make a stand---quite going to--watching and buying merchandise for various pro sports--

Stop renting and watching movies--
Stop buying products from companies that came crying to the feds for money due to their own mis management---

That will make a point--if all of the bitchers actually stand up and act like they give a crap---

 

[sonar1]

...Any person trying to put a cap on earnings for a company or industry they are not in control of, is beyond a slippery slope--

I know plenty of people that physically work harder every day than I do----I could and have and have done like jobs, I have a skill set now days...

Yeah this is good here.

Communism (Socialism actually) judges to whom and from whom and at what rate.

Free market is counted a bit differently.

When the gov't bailed out the companies AND DID NOT ASK FOR AN ACCOUBNTING of where the bailout money was going they forfeited their opportunity to make sure that bailout money had the desired (in their eyes) effect. Or was it?

Maybe the gov't was cool with whatever, but "the people presumed" what it was for and that it was to "kickstart" the economy, as stated by the POTUS (is this right?).

Yes, I think the outgoing CEO payoffs are obscene, but it might just be NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

JUST AS it's nobody else's business on the crew I supervised what my compensation was for supervising them, at what payscale. That contract was between me and the front office, as I moved from a contract to "at will," which is volatile, so deserves increased remuneration.

This is some complicated stuff, if we wish to remain "Free Market," instead of micro-managed from cradle to grave.

Capitalism is competitive and risky: not equitable and fair (especially in the eyes of many).

The alternative is "fair to absolutely everybody" but not very vigorous. We'll all be poor and miserable together - equally.

Somewhere along the way it was decided that this sytem was what we wanted, implications and all.

The option is to go back to an agrarian system of family subsistence farming. That's what Pol-Pot had in mind for Cambodia.

 

[teame1]

Just remember you don't get rich by working hard.
The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer.
There is no such thing as the middle class. It's just poor people who save.
One day the masses will wake up...........just like the French revolution, and there will be anarchy.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iUNg7JOaAg]The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Anarchy In The UK - Live - 1st August 2010 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Thundergod]

At the risk of sounding like a commie (which I am not) I really think it would be healthy for the human race if there was a limit to the amount of money you can acquire. Like, if you already have 100 million you have to retire or something like that.

My point of view is, I don't see the point in "owning" more money. Really. There's only so much you can do in a lifetime and spending that amount of money is a lot. I am not saying they should give it away either... just that guys of the 1% wanting to get even more are one of the causes for hunger, war, and paris hilton.

 

[Blues4U]

At the risk of sounding like a commie (which I am not) I really think it would be healthy for the human race if there was a limit to the amount of money you can acquire. Like, if you already have 100 million you have to retire or something like that.

My point of view is, I don't see the point in "owning" more money. Really. There's only so much you can do in a lifetime and spending that amount of money is a lot. I am not saying they should give it away either... just that guys of the 1% wanting to get even more are one of the causes for hunger, war, and paris hilton.

If you have a 100 million in the bank and want to buy a big yacht---You'd have to get a loan---

Just sayin--

 

[Thundergod]

My point is... If you are playing football and you are already winning by 100000 then why not call it a night and stop there? That way your players can rest and the other team is not as humiliated.

 

[BuzzHaze]

My point is... If you are playing football and you are already winning by 100000 then why not call it a night and stop there? That way your players can rest and the other team is not as humiliated.

Get a ****ing room you two.




funny huh?

 

[Caoimhin]

Just remember you don't get rich by working hard.
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I disagree with that. There are people who worked their asses off their whole life who are now retired with a lot of money.

Henry Ford, Obama, and Steve Jobs would also disagree.. They never worked hard for a good check, right?

 

[rcole_sooner]

At the risk of sounding like a commie (which I am not) I really think it would be healthy for the human race if there was a limit to the amount of money you can acquire. Like, if you already have 100 million you have to retire or something like that.

My point of view is, I don't see the point in "owning" more money. Really. There's only so much you can do in a lifetime and spending that amount of money is a lot. I am not saying they should give it away either... just that guys of the 1% wanting to get even more are one of the causes for hunger, war, and paris hilton.

Money did/does not cause this. IMO, lack of education causes these things.