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66. Not so much the pay inequity per se,

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 10:50 PM

Jan 2016

Not so much the pay inequity per se, as the ATTITUDE that the average worker is only worth 1/1000th as much as an executive. The economy always does poorly when work is undervalued, and 'style' is overvalued.

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THIS is what's killing the US economy: [View all] kpete Jan 2016 OP

Pretty much. Too many parasites. nt bemildred Jan 2016 #1

And the best part is: forest444 Jan 2016 #5

Affluenza Rider3 Jan 2016 #27

It's the GREED, stupid tk2kewl Jan 2016 #2

What?, the CEO's are not getting enough? liberal N proud Jan 2016 #3

classic kpete Jan 2016 #6

That's just the opposite of what happens ErikJ Jan 2016 #50

uh, clif Jan 2016 #55

No I got it. Funny and true. ErikJ Jan 2016 #61

"I want my fair share – and that's all of it." KansDem Jan 2016 #20

What an embarrassment Rider3 Jan 2016 #28

Open your eyes Plucketeer Jan 2016 #42

If the teabaggers only knew their masters are the Koch heads wordpix Jan 2016 #31

Here's his picture cannabis_flower Jan 2016 #52

If you're not so smart, that's why you're rich NJCher Jan 2016 #53

If stocks keep on falling . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #4

Stock prices are unrelated to any bail-outs that have occurred in the past ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #14

We will have to disagree then . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #67

Amazing GummyBearz Jan 2016 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #73

Spot on. Rex Jan 2016 #68

Yes, I think they will have to pay for what they have done to our economy . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #81

According to this site the average CEO salary is about $160,000 per year in the US. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #7

Fortune 500 companies prob'ly wolfie001 Jan 2016 #8

Isn't that kind of like averaging the pay of the top Hollywood actors Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #33

When the average salary at WakMart...... wolfie001 Jan 2016 #48

WalMart leaves residents angry after it forced the other grocery store and pharmacy out of DhhD Jan 2016 #59

That link didn't work... vi5 Jan 2016 #9

A little outdated (2013) but gives some idea OnlinePoker Jan 2016 #19

Yeah, I don't know where that poster got $160K as the average... vi5 Jan 2016 #40

Yes laundry_queen Jan 2016 #64

That's irrelevant too. hunter Jan 2016 #10

Does that include all compensation, or just pay? Ikonoklast Jan 2016 #13

I'm the CEO of my leaf raking biz tk2kewl Jan 2016 #18

Richest get stocks and stock options, health insurance, etc wordpix Jan 2016 #35

Wrong! Median, not average dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #77

I still remember the criminals on Wall Street................................. turbinetree Jan 2016 #11

Excellent post! Thanks Duval Jan 2016 #26

I am tired of really tired of the BS----------------------enough is enough.........Thank you .... turbinetree Jan 2016 #34

Si se puede! azmom Jan 2016 #30

(Wado)-----Cherokee.........................Thank you turbinetree Jan 2016 #36

Why didn't the Democratic Party Leadership go after the criminal Banksters? bvar22 Jan 2016 #49

Listen-------------------------I agree-------------------- turbinetree Jan 2016 #54

Most excellent rant. nt laundry_queen Jan 2016 #65

Thank you.....its just infuriates me .......as well as the second video........... turbinetree Jan 2016 #82

K & R Nyan Jan 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #15

So CEO pay is equivalent to 690 minumum wage workers. coyote Jan 2016 #16

They never see it that way when its time to cut jobs... Moostache Jan 2016 #23

Disgusting. Initech Jan 2016 #17

Not really. DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #21

Globalization of labor has been every bit as bad as expected... Moostache Jan 2016 #29

"... what's really killing the economy (for wage earners anyway) is cheap third world labor." pampango Jan 2016 #32

It isn't trade at all. DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #41

So how do Germany, Sweden, Canada and other liberal countries succeeded in dealing with the pampango Jan 2016 #44

They turned "made in (name of European country)" into a selling point jmowreader Jan 2016 #56

Germany has a positive trade balance Mnpaul Jan 2016 #63

Indeed it does. It imports way more than we do (30% of GDP vs our 12%). It does export more pampango Jan 2016 #70

They have a very high VAT or sales tax. That helps pay for lots of things that we pay for JDPriestly Jan 2016 #75

The VAT is indeed regressive (like FICA) but if, as in Germany, it funds progressive programs pampango Jan 2016 #85

And the widgets doing the labor are expendable because they are easily replaced without much effort. lonestarnot Jan 2016 #80

oversimplification Facility Inspector Jan 2016 #22

Yes! Thanks for the OP, kpete. Duval Jan 2016 #24

The latter is a factor. The former is meaningless whatthehey Jan 2016 #25

yep this is a red herring Elmergantry Jan 2016 #38

That isn't really the point Cosmocat Jan 2016 #78

That and the for-profit healthcare industry that Shillary defends so passionately. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2016 #37

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #39

Excellent point. jwirr Jan 2016 #43

Parasites and a disease on the workers of the World. SoapBox Jan 2016 #45

And if you make 10 Million per year, you PAY the SAME Payroll TAX as some who makes 118k a year.. vkkv Jan 2016 #46

EVERYONE needs to see this. onecaliberal Jan 2016 #47

It's a big part, maybe 1/3 of the issue. lark Jan 2016 #51

A big law to change is the one where shareholders come first.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #57

Capitalism is killing the economy RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #58

Go back to Eisenhower tax rates! at 90%. At least go back to pre-Reagan taxes. YOHABLO Jan 2016 #60

That and the military spending FiveGoodMen Jan 2016 #62

Not so much the pay inequity per se, TrollBuster9090 Jan 2016 #66

K & R RecoveringJournalist Jan 2016 #71

I think it's a gross misstatement to suggest that the U.S. economy is being "killed...." mike_c Jan 2016 #72

And the other side of their coin is they do not pay their share to participate in the giant suck job lonestarnot Jan 2016 #79

You are broke because you make too little, not because someone else makes too much jmowreader Jan 2016 #74

Oligarchs have all but killed the US economy. merrily Jan 2016 #76

Truly. Quantess Jan 2016 #83

Actually demonstrates resiliency of the economy. Lookl what it supports, 10 million millionaires. L. Coyote Jan 2016 #84