McCain pulling his commie crap again

gator · 06-10-2008, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Gluesniffer

I think he's probably right on this one. The US is the country with the highest CEO wages in the world, so it shouldn't bring any problem for America's competitiveness in the global talent war. And there is absolutely no economic logic that justifies the rising of CEO wages by a multitude of average wage rises over the past few decades. Nobody needs a few ten million dollars a year, and you don't deserve it if you're not even the one taking any risks.

Spoken like a Socialist.

Why does a baseball player "deserve" to get $10 million a year? Because other people are willing to give it to him to see him hit homeruns and it is none of the business of the government, is it?

Not everybody has the skills to run a company and those that do are in such short supply that they can demand large wages for their time. Just because you can't demand as much money for your time does not make it unfair.

I think a lot of things are "unfair" but I don't expect the role of the govenment to be to correct each and every one of them. For instance, it is unfair that Rev Wright preaches racial hatred but yet lives in a bigger house than me.

Goldwater · 06-10-2008, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by LibraryLady

I would love to see some polling data on this (I bet McCain has). I think the majority of Americans are repulsed by the hyper inflated incomes of some of these poorly performing CEOS.

Kevin Drum wrote this 4 years ago:

Some interesting comments and suggestions at the Yglesias site.

But at the end of the day, if they're not being bailed out by the Fed and not doing anything illegal, they can pay themselves/each other whatever the shareholders are ok with.

**lacarnut** · 06-10-2008, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by gator

Spoken like a Socialist.

Why does a baseball player "deserve" to get $10 million a year? Because other people are willing to give it to him to see him hit homeruns and it is none of the business of the government, is it?

Not everybody has the skills to run a company and those that do are in such short supply that they can demand large wages for their time. Just because you can't demand as much money for your time does not make it unfair.

I think a lot of things are "unfair" but I don't expect the role of the govenment to be to correct each and every one of them. For instance, it is unfair that Rev Wright preaches racial hatred but yet lives in a bigger house than me.

Some of those prima donna sports figures make over 40 million plus they only work 6 to 8 months a year. Plus these dudes have job security with their long term contract; also, they have a union to protect them. So if they get into trouble with the law or the league, they have free representation. Also, there is no comparison between the responsibility of a ball player making this kind of money with a CEO of a large Corp. They also work long hours. Although I do not advocate capping anyone's salary, it is my opinion that a ball player is only worth about 1/4 the amount of a top CEO.

Eyelids · 06-10-2008, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by lacarnut

Some of those prima donna sports figures make over 40 million plus they only work 6 to 8 months a year. Plus these dudes have job security with their long term contract; also, they have a union to protect them. So if they get into trouble with the law or the league, they have free representation. Also, there is no comparison between the responsibility of a ball player making this kind of money with a CEO of a large Corp. They also work long hours. Although I do not advocate capping anyone's salary, it is my opinion that a ball player is only worth about 1/4 the amount of a top CEO.

NFL players do not have guaranteed contracts and can have be terminated at any time without penalty for the team.

If the rich/poor gap in this country keeps getting worse it will be 1929 all over again. And while this country has shown the ability to recover from something like that, I'd rather not live through it.

**LogansPapa** · 06-10-2008, 06:17 PM

Regulated CEO pay idea is just ridiculous. Of all the problems this country has - economically and politically - it’s still a land of free choice. What shareholders or team owners choose to pay their top people is their business.

Sure as Hell not the government’s. :mad:

Eyelids · 06-10-2008, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by LogansPapa

What shareholders or team owners choose to pay their top people is their business. :

Not when it starts to affect me.

**Phillygirl** · 06-10-2008, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Eyelids

Not when it starts to affect me.

And how has it effected you thus far?

**LogansPapa** · 06-10-2008, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Eyelids

Not when it starts to affect me.

You’ll need to educate me on your importance in the system and why effecting you should direct various corporations on how much to compensate their executives.