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Hard work pays off.... (Original Post) YoungDemCA Nov 2014 OP
The CEO of my company has a really nice dilby Nov 2014 #1
He deserves the 300% more in salary and a lower tax rate than you too. tenderfoot Nov 2014 #5
He probably makes around 2-2.5 times my salary. dilby Nov 2014 #6
Sour grapes. It sounds like he has a great CEO badtoworse Nov 2014 #8
unless you job get's shipped overseas Phlem Nov 2014 #2
lol Sad but true. nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #3
LOL... ya got me. bvar22 Nov 2014 #4
The sod busting tenant farm worker works a hard labor honest job. The Ivy Leaguer works Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #7

dilby

(2,273 posts)
1. The CEO of my company has a really nice
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 04:48 PM
Nov 2014

bike, probably cost twice as much as my bike does, but I can honestly say he is the hardest working man in this company so he deserves nice things.

tenderfoot

(8,426 posts)
5. He deserves the 300% more in salary and a lower tax rate than you too.
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 06:00 PM
Nov 2014

Say? Do wash his bike for him?

You should. He deserves it.

dilby

(2,273 posts)
6. He probably makes around 2-2.5 times my salary.
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 06:07 PM
Nov 2014

And he pays more taxes than I do for sure. And no he has never asked me to wash his bike, you do realize that not every CEO is a blood sucking leach, some of them actually care about income inequality.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
4. LOL... ya got me.
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 05:57 PM
Nov 2014

I was ready to blast you,
but wound up heartily agreeing.


Hard Work +
Born to the right parents +
Hereditary Factors +
Good Health +
Luck +
Connections +
X-Factor
might get you some money ,
but its not a sure thing.


Many thousands went to the gold fields in the 19th century and Worked Harder than most can imagine.
Most died broke.

Does a Sod Busting tenant farmer work any less hard than a student at an Ivy League College?

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
7. The sod busting tenant farm worker works a hard labor honest job. The Ivy Leaguer works
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 06:08 PM
Nov 2014

hard thinking up how to screw the sod busting tenant farmer.

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