Reply #150: John, you make a great deal of sense here.

[DailyGrind51]

The American "middle-class" has the same subservient attitude towards the "rich" as does the "poor". The fact that so many CEOs received pay increases, even when their companies did not do so well in fiscal '07, should have caused outrage, especially when real wages for average workers did not enjoy similar appreciation. The middle-class seem content with the "boss-man's" excess, like the slaves who were glad when "massa" was happy because then they would not receive a beating.