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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-21-09 10:50 PM
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15. That's fucked up. n/t
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  -Executives receive one-third of all pay in the U.S. marmar  Jul-21-09 10:00 PM   #0 
  - That is the kool aid they drink.  applegrove   Jul-21-09 10:03 PM   #1 
  - How much are you willing to bet they don't pay one-third of all taxes? n/t  Xipe Totec   Jul-21-09 10:04 PM   #2 
  - They actually pay more....  The European   Jul-23-09 07:17 AM   #44 
     - and yet the offshore tax-avoidance industry is bigger than ever...  Blue_Tires   Jul-23-09 08:00 AM   #46 
     - Good thing...  The European   Jul-23-09 10:40 AM   #49 
        - 11 posts in and you're already apologizing for Bush policies...  Blue_Tires   Jul-23-09 11:15 AM   #50 
           - Apologizing?  The European   Jul-23-09 11:22 AM   #51 
     - Why are you citing a Grover Norquist organization?  rucky   Jul-23-09 11:30 AM   #52 
        - I was not...  The European   Jul-23-09 11:38 AM   #54 
        - On'tday easetay ethay olltray.  Ignis   Jul-23-09 11:54 AM   #55 
  - ........  DJ13   Jul-21-09 10:10 PM   #3 
  - That's priceless.....  marmar   Jul-21-09 10:11 PM   #4 
  - Cue the Rand-nuts,  Wapsie B   Jul-21-09 10:11 PM   #5 
  - maybe the Randroids will volunteer to give happy endings at AIG's Regis Dana Point n/t  MisterP   Jul-21-09 10:36 PM   #12 
  - " . . .and. . . . and . . . and they jest WERK'D HAWRDER then yew!"  HughBeaumont   Jul-22-09 10:46 AM   #21 
     - That's right. We don't want success bad enough.  Wapsie B   Jul-22-09 11:03 AM   #23 
  - maximum wage  handmade34   Jul-21-09 10:13 PM   #6 
  - K & R  chill_wind   Jul-21-09 10:18 PM   #7 
  - wjw  timeforpeace   Jul-21-09 10:18 PM   #8 
  - That is just criminal.  Odin2005   Jul-21-09 10:23 PM   #9 
  - Suits are still robbing the working class.  Rex   Jul-21-09 10:25 PM   #10 
  - Fuck 'em.  Lady Effingbroke   Jul-21-09 10:30 PM   #11 
  - One-third, huh?  lumberjack_jeff   Jul-21-09 10:40 PM   #13 
  - self delete  lumberjack_jeff   Jul-21-09 10:40 PM   #14 
  - That's fucked up. n/t  OhioChick   Jul-21-09 10:50 PM   #15 
  - I've never understood why rich people don't rebel against executives  HamdenRice   Jul-22-09 08:24 AM   #16 
  - That is a very strange question  Kid Dynamite   Jul-22-09 11:07 AM   #24 
  - dupe delete  HamdenRice   Jul-22-09 12:50 PM   #27 
  - When did we veer off into talking about Revolutions  Kid Dynamite   Jul-22-09 12:54 PM   #29 
     - Perhaps I should not have used revolution -- but any major social/political change  HamdenRice   Jul-22-09 01:08 PM   #35 
  - Because they don't have power. Every revolution has begun because the ruling class was split.  HamdenRice   Jul-22-09 12:50 PM   #28 
     - Who do you might suppose are the "owners" ?  lexanman   Jul-22-09 09:46 PM   #39 
        - The class of owners is vastly, vastly bigger than the class you describe  HamdenRice   Jul-23-09 07:14 AM   #43 
           - they are the majority owners  lexanman   Jul-23-09 01:59 PM   #56 
              - I don't think we disagree as much as you think we do, but I wouldn't use the term, "majority owner"  HamdenRice   Jul-24-09 06:20 AM   #59 
  - Exactly...  JHB   Jul-22-09 01:33 PM   #36 
  - Oh please. They're paid frontline soldiers in The Class War  leftstreet   Jul-22-09 01:37 PM   #37 
  - And virtually every measure of societal dysfunction is directly proportional to this disparity.  Vidar   Jul-22-09 09:48 AM   #17 
  - precisely.  Hannah Bell   Jul-22-09 11:03 AM   #22 
  - Sick and indefensible. And VERY bad for the economy. (nt)  redqueen   Jul-22-09 09:52 AM   #18 
  - Pay of Top Earners Erodes Social Security  Lars39   Jul-22-09 09:54 AM   #19 
  - Thanks for cross-posting that here. (nt)  redqueen   Jul-22-09 10:03 AM   #20 
  - Kicked and recommended.  Uncle Joe   Jul-22-09 11:10 AM   #25 
  - this begs the question, however  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-22-09 12:31 PM   #26 
  - over 10x what lowest earning employee in an organization or company makes = highly paid  KittyWampus   Jul-22-09 12:56 PM   #32 
     - so, i guess i am evil-rich if i make more than that?  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-22-09 01:44 PM   #38 
        - Evil? I don't know you, couldn't guess.  Sentath   Jul-22-09 10:33 PM   #41 
           - well, it would seem that many here look at ANYONE  ProdigalJunkMail   Jul-23-09 06:58 AM   #42 
  - Fuck them. That is all. nt  anonymous171   Jul-22-09 12:55 PM   #30 
  - now, now. Show some respect to our over-lords  KittyWampus   Jul-22-09 12:55 PM   #31 
  - Missing number: HOW MANY executives is that?  Orsino   Jul-22-09 01:01 PM   #33 
  - But... but... but they contribute SOOO much to society  jgraz   Jul-22-09 01:03 PM   #34 
  - How about managing competitive companies that supply goods and add jobs to the American economy?  The European   Jul-23-09 07:49 AM   #45 
     - This one's granite pizza was well deserved.  Quantess   Jul-23-09 02:22 PM   #57 
     - You don't actually think they do that, do you?  jgraz   Jul-23-09 02:23 PM   #58 
  - That's "Swine Wealth" ... Oink Oink  troubledamerican   Jul-22-09 10:07 PM   #40 
  - WE should go back to taxing them at 70%..  4dsc   Jul-23-09 08:17 AM   #47 
  - ...  redqueen   Jul-23-09 09:32 AM   #48 
  - That will come to an end as soon as the Democrats take back the White House and the Congress  Karmadillo   Jul-23-09 11:31 AM   #53 
 

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