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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:00 PM Original message |
Executives receive one-third of all pay in the U.S. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is the kool aid they drink. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. How much are you willing to bet they don't pay one-third of all taxes? n/t |
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The European (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. They actually pay more.... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. and yet the offshore tax-avoidance industry is bigger than ever... |
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The European (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Good thing... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. 11 posts in and you're already apologizing for Bush policies... |
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The European (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Apologizing? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Why are you citing a Grover Norquist organization? |
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The European (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I was not... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. On'tday easetay ethay olltray. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. ........ |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's priceless..... |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cue the Rand-nuts, |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. maybe the Randroids will volunteer to give happy endings at AIG's Regis Dana Point n/t |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. " . . .and. . . . and . . . and they jest WERK'D HAWRDER then yew!" |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's right. We don't want success bad enough. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. maximum wage |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. K & R |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. wjw |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. That is just criminal. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Suits are still robbing the working class. |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Fuck 'em. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. One-third, huh? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. self delete |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's fucked up. n/t |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've never understood why rich people don't rebel against executives |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. That is a very strange question |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. dupe delete |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. When did we veer off into talking about Revolutions |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Perhaps I should not have used revolution -- but any major social/political change |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Because they don't have power. Every revolution has begun because the ruling class was split. |
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lexanman (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Who do you might suppose are the "owners" ? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. The class of owners is vastly, vastly bigger than the class you describe |
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lexanman (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. they are the majority owners |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I don't think we disagree as much as you think we do, but I wouldn't use the term, "majority owner" |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Exactly... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Oh please. They're paid frontline soldiers in The Class War |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. And virtually every measure of societal dysfunction is directly proportional to this disparity. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. precisely. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sick and indefensible. And VERY bad for the economy. (nt) |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. Pay of Top Earners Erodes Social Security |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thanks for cross-posting that here. (nt) |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. Kicked and recommended. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. this begs the question, however |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. over 10x what lowest earning employee in an organization or company makes = highly paid |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. so, i guess i am evil-rich if i make more than that? |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Evil? I don't know you, couldn't guess. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. well, it would seem that many here look at ANYONE |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Fuck them. That is all. nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. now, now. Show some respect to our over-lords |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Missing number: HOW MANY executives is that? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. But... but... but they contribute SOOO much to society |
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The European (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. How about managing competitive companies that supply goods and add jobs to the American economy? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. This one's granite pizza was well deserved. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. You don't actually think they do that, do you? |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. That's "Swine Wealth" ... Oink Oink |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
47. WE should go back to taxing them at 70%.. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
48. ... |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
53. That will come to an end as soon as the Democrats take back the White House and the Congress |
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