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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuge CEO Paydays Are Really For the Benefit of the Little People
If the chief executive turned down his bonus it would demoralise staff members and would send a signal that they now effectively worked for an arm of the civil service or a utility, rather than for a bank.
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/01/quote-day-huge-ceo-paydays-are-really-benefit-little-people
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Huge CEO Paydays Are Really For the Benefit of the Little People (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2012
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A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)1. I thought you were going to say they can add more
bathrooms to their mansions. They can then hire more kids to clean them. Win-win.
unblock
(52,217 posts)2. well, i suppose people wouldn't buy lottery tickets if they didn't tout the winners occassionally...
what a sterling defense of naked avarice this is!
louis-t
(23,292 posts)3. Whatever helps the guy sleep at night.....
madmom
(9,681 posts)4. So what would be wrong with ...
"worked for an arm of the civil service or a utility, rather than for a bank. An honest days work, an honest days pay, that's all most people want.