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Gingersnap
03-25-2009, 03:30 PM
Capping salaries? Start with Hollywood

Posted: March 25, 2009
1:00 am Eastern

By Linda Harvey
© 2009

Is Nicole Kidman worth $15-$20 million a picture? How about George Clooney, Matt Damon, Reese Witherspoon or Angelina Jolie? If we're capping Wall Street salaries, we need to be socially just and review the West Coast as well.

Are there people who could be substituted for Cameron Diaz, who'd be willing to work for, say, $5 million a film? Or even a paltry million? Shouldn't we share that wealth? Maybe she'd become nicer or at least well-informed at a lower rate of compensation.

Sidney Poitier said recently that Hollywood CEOs should earn no more than $500,000, and I'm with him. The same should apply to the stars. I know it's a hard-knock life, but people have been known to live on money like that.

And what about pro sports? Terrell Owens reportedly earns around $7 million a year. Aren't there ex-high school receivers out there willing to step into his cleats for a lot less than that?

Don't miss Whistleblower magazines definitive exposé on Left Coast celebrities, "Why Hollywood is Insane"

And we haven't even gotten to the musicians yet. How much effort does it take for some of the music produced now? These people don't need compensation. Wouldn't most be willing to work (if you can call it that) for nothing? I say, free downloadable music for everyone, all the time, under the new regime!

The public should be outraged about these stars' salaries. So should the Obama administration. After all, fair is fair. These people are greedy, not to mention stingy. After they've covered the cost of a modest suburban home and one hybrid car, Terrell, Matt, Nicole and Cameron should be responsible citizens and donate the rest to the poor – or back to the federal government, who knows better what to do with it than anyone else. Diaz and Clooney should especially be ready to do this, along with Whoopi Goldberg and Sean Penn. And Alec Baldwin, whatever he's doing these days.

And television – where to start? I would begin with a thorough examination of my personal favorite dispensable show, "The View." Barbara Walters should get low six figures – that's it! And Whoopi? She doesn't need any more money, does she? Perhaps the show should simply be eliminated, right after "Gossip Girl," all shows with "housewives" in the name and MTV in its entirety.

I'd pay some musicians to stop playing.

This is a great idea, though. Do we really need Matt Damon? Wouldn't any slightly hunky Midwestern type of dude do? Why are we paying Gwenyth Paltrow anyway? She bad mouths the U.S. from England and she dresses like a troll. She named her kid Apple. Whether that was after the fruit or the computer, it's still a retarded idea. No way she "deserves" such a big salary. Maybe we can just pay for Angelina's lips and the rest of her can stay home with all those kids. At this point, Lindsay Lohan should be paying us for putting up with her dull lesbo sex life and her hideous leggings.

(Hey! Hollywood bashing is fun! :D)

WND (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92749)
thebeatingpulse
03-25-2009, 04:38 PM
yeah, I have been wondering why these morons supported Obama so blindly too. I feel they need to cap the celebrities and take their money away too, its not fair in the first place, also the price of cd's and dvd's are so high now I dont blame people for burning them now. If these celebrities didnt get paid so much we would see relief in our pockets too. Any way I would hope that these evil libs will go after the hollywood stars soon cause they could get alot of tax money back from them. But the thing that scares me the most is a Billion = 1 million, 1 million dollars, so if I had a million, 1 million dollar bill's then I would have a billion dollars. Why do we need a 7 trillion budget, cause if I am correct a trillion= 1 billion, billion dollar bills. I know that I am a simpleton who doesnt understand how much money a trillion is, but come on we need to stop these monsters in our government.
Water Closet
03-25-2009, 04:45 PM
yeah, I have been wondering why these morons supported Obama so blindly too. I feel they need to cap the celebrities and take their money away too, its not fair in the first place, also the price of cd's and dvd's are so high now I dont blame people for burning them now. If these celebrities didnt get paid so much we would see relief in our pockets too. Any way I would hope that these evil libs will go after the hollywood stars soon cause they could get alot of tax money back from them. But the thing that scares me the most is a Billion = 1 million, 1 million dollars, so if I had a million, 1 million dollar bill's then I would have a billion dollars. Why do we need a 7 trillion budget, cause if I am correct a trillion= 1 billion, billion dollar bills. I know that I am a simpleton who doesnt understand how much money a trillion is, but come on we need to stop these monsters in our government.

Your calculations prove your point.
Gingersnap
03-25-2009, 05:13 PM
Your calculations prove your point.

Be nice. :p
depawel
03-25-2009, 06:48 PM
That's the British System of counting. You reach 1 Billion @ 1 Million Millions
marinejcksn
03-25-2009, 07:27 PM
A Trillion is 12 zero's. :eek: Just think about how insanely high that number is! To put it in perspective:

If you took 1 trillion dollars and divided it up equally among every man, woman and child in the U.S., everyone would each get $3267.97. 1,000,000,000,000 divided by 306,000,000 (rough U.S. population as of 2009) = 3267.97.

So now, if you REALLY wanna get scared, think about how much taxes you are going to have to pay just to repay the 4 Trillion dollar budget Obummer wants. $13,700.

Oh, and that doesn't even include the interest. Ouch. :mad:
thebeatingpulse
03-25-2009, 08:22 PM
Your calculations prove your point.

lol,no I think I may have put a couple of comma's in the wrong place it is really hard for me to get it out when I am talking in person too, but I should have done it like this

1 billion- 1 million x 1million dollar bills

1 trillion- 1 billion x 1billion dollar bills

or how my neighbor says it 1 million million = billion and 1 billion billion = trillion, I am really not that dumb, but any way I have a had time some times because of my ADHD my mind flies way ahead of my speech. But any way talking about marinejcksn's point lets think about this not every one of those people in the population will be taxed, you will have kids, and poor who wont pay a dime on it, you will have welfare kings and queens,and illegals, that will not pay a dime, so for us who pay our taxes and do the right thing, well, we are screwed period. This whole situation scares me to death, they are saying with the new tax tables they are already taxing around 8 cents from a dollar that every one makes. I mean I made 60,000 last year and was hoping that me and my wife would make 90,000 or more but now they are gonna tax us all. needless to say it is not the answer, they need to leave everyone alone so that these business men can get back to trying to fix the economy. We need less government!
Gingersnap
03-25-2009, 10:35 PM
Let's get back to the Celebutard angle.
Water Closet
03-26-2009, 12:16 AM
Let's get back to the Celebutard angle.

OK, Kevin Spacey is worth every penny he gets. :D
linda22003
03-26-2009, 07:08 AM
How does this thread differ from the DU thread that says "NO ONE is worth $700,000 a year!" ?
FlaGator
03-26-2009, 07:23 AM
How does this thread differ from the DU thread that says "NO ONE is worth $700,000 a year!" ?

Your posting on it here and not there?
PoliCon
03-26-2009, 08:19 AM
How does this thread differ from the DU thread that says "NO ONE is worth $700,000 a year!" ?

One is tongue in cheek the other is serious.:rolleyes:
enslaved1
03-26-2009, 02:28 PM
I've always thought it is nuts how much so many of these actors and actresses, musicians, models, sports players ect get paid. I understand perfectly why they do (big name in the movie, on the field, on the stage, means more butts in the seats, bodies in the hotels, customers in the resturaunts, tshirts on backs, ect), but I don't like it. Same goes for many of these 7,8, and 9 figure executive salaries. I understand why they get it, because they make decisions that make the company much more than that, but it is an insane amount of money. Does that mean I want the government to step in and fix the problem I see? No.

That's the difference linda. One, I know why these people get the money they do, most DUers don't understand how their Cheetos show up on the convience store shelves, two, I'm not so jealous and envious that I want to allow the government power to cap anyone's salary, where as most DUers want to make everyone equal by lowering them all to the bottom of the barrel.
Rebel Yell
03-26-2009, 03:06 PM
How does this thread differ from the DU thread that says "NO ONE is worth $700,000 a year!" ?

A person is worth whatever their employer is willing to pay them. If they are paid more than they're worth, the employer will fail. Then they will get paid nothing.

At least that's how it used to work.
blueyonder
03-26-2009, 03:38 PM
I'll volunteer to take part of Julia Roberts pay:p
noonwitch
03-26-2009, 04:28 PM
Actors, musicians, etc., are artists and the price they are paid is determined by what their fans are willing to pay to see or hear their products. They have a union and all, but the money they make is determined by the market.


Athletes negotiate salaries through their unions and agents. As long as the fans are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for tickets to games, advertisers are willing to pay top bucks in fees to the networks for time to promote their products during sports events, and so on, I don't see it changing. Fans get annoyed after lockouts and strikes, but they usually come back when all is settled. The teams don't even really have to be very good-the Lions are still in business, after decades of poor play.


If people stopped buying the products, the amount of money made by actors, musicians and athletes would fall.
Rebel Yell
03-26-2009, 04:36 PM
Athletes negotiate salaries through their unions and agents. As long as the fans are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for tickets to games, advertisers are willing to pay top bucks in fees to the networks for time to promote their products during sports events, and so on, I don't see it changing. Fans get annoyed after lockouts and strikes, but they usually come back when all is settled. The teams don't even really have to be very good-the Lions are still in business, after decades of poor play.


I don't fuss too much about athletes. They are the handful of people who can do what they do at the level they can do it.

The average salary of an NFL ballplayer is just over $1 mil. The average career is about 3 1/2 years. That is a job that not just anyone can go to school to learn. There are alot less people qualified to be an NFL player than there are doctors or Lawyers.
PoliCon
03-26-2009, 06:42 PM
I'll volunteer to take part of Julia Roberts pay:p

Meh. I'll volunteer to take part of Julia Roberts!;)
noonwitch
03-27-2009, 08:23 AM
I don't fuss too much about athletes. They are the handful of people who can do what they do at the level they can do it.

The average salary of an NFL ballplayer is just over $1 mil. The average career is about 3 1/2 years. That is a job that not just anyone can go to school to learn. There are alot less people qualified to be an NFL player than there are doctors or Lawyers.



I agree, especially about football players. They have short careers and life-long consequences from their injuries.